Herbal waste of processed medicinal plants of a local pharmaceutical industry was pretreated by steam explosion (160C for 0.5 – 2.0 h), and the process was accelerated by the use of Conc. H2SO4 (0.5 – 2.0%, 160 C for 0.5 – 2.0 h), NaOH (0.5 – 2.0%, 160C for 0.5 – 2.0 h). Significant increase in the content of reducing sugars was found after acid/alkali pretreatment of steam exploded herbal biom...

© Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Ltd I n September 2005 the 13th World Congress of Psychiatry will take place in Cairo under the title Five Thousand Years of Science and Care: Building the Future of Psychiatry (XIII World Congress of Psychiatry, 2005). Following the 12th World Congress in Yokohama in 2002, a more appropriate subtitle for this year’s event might be Building the Future of the Pha...

Hot-melt extrusion is one of the most widely applied processing technologies in the plastic, rubber and food industry. Today this technology has found its place in the array of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. Melt extrusion process are currently applied in the pharmaceutical field for the manufacture of a variety of dosage forms and formulations such as granules, pellets, tablets, supp...

The relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians is evermore complex and has called attention on both sides. It is evident that, for many, medical ethics, both in dealings and empathy with patients as with the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the government, which in their current state are undesirable. Therefore, there is an urgent need for guidelines tha...