 has always seen important developments, and this edition is no exception. Not only has the entire volume been reviewed and updated, significant new content has been added.

This includes 40 new monographs – bringing the total to 380 – written by a team of over 150 of the world’s leading pharmaceutical scientists. Monographs are extensively illustrated with images(SEMs), chemical structures, spectra and tables to support easy interpretation of the text.

 has increased in breadth and depth, making it increasingly valuable to drug formulators, manufacturers, regulatory and legal bodies, and establishing it as the go-to reference work on excipients. Pharmacists and chemists – in practice, in training and at work in a wide variety of industries – rely upon its authority and trust its content.

 in the international recognition of the authority of its content and the respect for its editorial board and contributors. 

“…the publisher and editors have once again published an excellent book which has utility for all of us involved in the pharmaceutical industry.” 

A new edition of the Handbook has always seen important developments, and this edition is no exception. Not only has the entire volume been reviewed and updated, significant new content has been added.