Additional content. More up-to-date. Complete confidence.

Announcing the new 7th edition of the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients - the indispensible reference work now with free one year's individual access to the online version on MedicinesComplete.

Uniquely, the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients collects together the essential data on the physical properties of excipients as well as providing information on their safe use and potential toxicity, and presents this in a structured and easy-to-use format. Written concisely by leading international experts, the Handbook has become the best first reference point for users of excipients across many industries.

Proven worth

Since its launch, drug formulators, manufacturers, regulatory associations and legal bodies have established it as the go-to reference work on excipients. Pharmacists and chemists have come to rely upon it as the dependable source of information, and in other industries such as food science and cosmetics it has proved its worth time and time again.

Enhanced value

This new 7th edition enhances that value and the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients' reputation for excellence and practicality in the laboratory and library.

• All monographs fully updated in the light of current knowledge
• Important new content including 40 new monographs and IR spectra figures
• New two colour printing to further enhance usability in daily practice
• Directory of suppliers updated and indexed by country and by monograph, providing quick access to worldwide trade name and supplier information, including the specific grades or types of excipients that are commercially available.
  

Monographs benefit from a standardized, easy-to-use template and include:

• pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant
• non-proprietary names and synonyms
• chemical name, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight
• functional category, applications and incompatibilities
• material description and typical properties
• safety, stability, storage and handling information
• method of manufacture
• related substances
• primary references
• editorial comments
• author details and revision date.
  

From the reviews of the previous edition:

"I cannot fault this book in any way...If you need to be up-to-date in this area, buy it!"
The British Toxicology Society, Summer 2010 Issue 36

"The Handbook of Excipients should be on the desk of anybody involved in the development or manufacture of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the US and Japan."
Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, 2010