Epilepsy is the second most common neurologic disorder after stroke. Approximately 1% of the world’s population has epilepsy, is a condition where the patient suffers from recurrent seizures. Control to seizures numerous conventional drugs came into existence. Most of the epileptic patients need polytherapy of conventional anticonvulsants and still not 100% cured. The major drawback due to thes...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the world’s major diseases. It currently affects an estimated143 million people worldwide and the number is growing rapidly. In the India, about 1-5% population suffer from diabetes or related complication. So there is need to cure this disease. Anti-diabetic drugs treat diabetes mellitus by lowering glucose levels in the blood. With the exceptions of insulin, exenat...

The control of impurities in Formulated products and Active Pharmaceutical ingredient’s were regulated by various regulatory authorities like US-FDA,ICH,MHRA,TGA etc.As per International Conference on Harmonization guidelines, the Impurity may be defined as any component of new drug product that is not the drug substance or an excipient in drug product. Nowadays apart from purity profile there ...

Surface chemistry has a large influence in many industries. In the life sciences, surface area is gaining importance in the characterization of materials during their development, formulation and manufacturing. The chemical activity, adsorption, dissolution, and bioavailability of a drug may depend on the surface of the molecule. In order to meet manufacturing challenges and develop new and bet...

The second half of the 19th century was a period of revolutionary change in the biomedical sciences. The development of the germ theory of disease and the establishment of fields such as bacteriology, pharmacology, and physiological chemistry laid the groundwork for significant advances in medicine and pharmacy. The extraordinary growth of the biomedical sciences also made its impact felt on me...

The report of the Council for the improvement in the education of pharmaceutical sciences and the recommendation of the Central Council for Education indicate that the 6-year education is required to develop pharmacists with high qualities as medical staff. Each college of pharmacy started the education and practical training based on the model core-curriculum with the original program. On the ...

aDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262 bDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 cDivision of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, ...

First submission on 18/09/13; last submission on 18/01/14; accepted for publication on 20/01/14; published on 20/02/14 1. PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor of Internal Medicine Department at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). 2. Doctoral student of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFPB. 3.PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences; professor of the Post Graduation Program in Bioactive Natural and Sy...