Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with known pharmacological properties but a raw chemical is of no use to a patient. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form. Branches of pharmaceutics include:

• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacodynamics
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Pharmacogenomics
• Pharmacovigilance
• Pharmaceutical formulation
• Pharmaceutical technology

See also

• List of pharmaceutical companies
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmaceutical company
• Nicholas Culpeper - 17th Century English Physician who translated and used 'pharmocological texts'.

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