With over 100 illustrations, "Volume 1" addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics. Features: NEW CHALLENGES AND PARADIGMS IN PHARMACEUTICS - Explores fundamental research in physical phenomena related to dose-form design at a time when much research is biological in nature COVERS NEW TECHNIQUES FOR IN VIVO IMAGING DOSE FORMS - Apart from Gamma scintigraphy, until recently there have been few means of following real time behavior of formulations in vivo DETAILED EXPLANATION OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND DRUG STABILITY - Includes many drug structural diagrams to illustrate points covered in the text HOW BEST TO CARRY OUT PREFORMULATION - Discusses procedures for examining drugs and their physical chemistry prior to designing the appropriate formulations THE LATEST IN POWDER TECHNOLOGY - Explains the intelligent use of powders in pharmaceutics