Table Of ContentPHARMACEUTICAL 
MANUFACTURING 
HANDBOOK
Production and 
Processes
SHAYNE COX GAD, PH.D., D.A.B.T.
Gad Consulting Services
Cary, North Carolina
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION
PHARMACEUTICAL 
MANUFACTURING 
HANDBOOK
Production and 
Processes
PHARMACEUTICAL 
MANUFACTURING 
HANDBOOK
Production and 
Processes
SHAYNE COX GAD, PH.D., D.A.B.T.
Gad Consulting Services
Cary, North Carolina
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION
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CONTRIBUTORS 
      
    
  Susanna  Abrahms é n - Alami   , AstraZeneca  R & D  Lund,  Lund,  Sweden,   Oral 
Extended - Release Formulations  
  James Agalloco,   A  galloco &    Associates, Belle Mead, New Jersey, S terile Product 
Manufacturing  
  Fakhrul Ahsan,    Texas Tech University, Amarillo, Texas,  Nasal Delivery of Peptide 
and Nonpeptide Drugs  
  James Akers,    Akers Kennedy  &  Associates, Kansas City, Missouri, S terile Product 
Manufacturing  
  Raid G. Alany,    The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, O  cular Drug 
Delivery; Microemulsions as Drug Delivery Systems  
  Monique Alric,    Universit é  d ’ Auvergne, Clermont - Ferrand, France,  Recombinant  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae a s New Drug Delivery System to Gut: In Vitro Valida-
tion and Oral Formulation  
  Sacide Alsoy Altinkaya,    Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla - Izmir, Turkey,  Con-
trolled Release of Drugs from Tablet Coatings  
  Maria  Helena  Amaral,    University  of  Porto,  Porto,  Portugal, V aginal  Drug 
Delivery  
  Anil Kumar Anal,    Living Cell Technologies (Global) Limited, Auckland, New 
Zealand, C  ontrolled - Release Dosage Forms  
  Gavin Andrews,    Queen ’ s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland,  Effects of 
Grinding in Pharmaceutical Tablet Production  
  Sophia G. Antimisiaris,   S  chool of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Rio, Greece, 
 Liposomes and Drug Delivery
vi    CONTRIBUTORS
  Robert D. Arnold,   T  he University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, B iotechnology -
 Derived Drug Product Development  
  C. Scott Asbill,    Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, T ransdermal Drug 
Delivery  
  Maria  Fernanda  Bahia,   U  niversity  of  Porto,  Porto,  Portugal, V aginal  Drug 
Delivery  
  Bernard Bataille,    University of Montpelier 1, Montpellier, France, T ablet Design  
  Gerald W. Becker,    SSCI, West Lafayette, Indiana, B iotechnology - Derived Drug 
Product  Development;  Regulatory  Considerations  in Approval  of  Follow- O  n 
Protein Drug Products  
  B. Wayne Bequette,    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, F rom Pilot 
Plant to Manufacturing: Effect of Scale- U  p on Operation of Jacketed Reactors  
  Erem Bilensoy,    Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara, Turkey, C yclo-
dextrin - Based Nanomaterials in Pharmaceutical Field  
  St é phanie Blanquet,    Universit é  d ’ Auvergne, Clermont - Ferrand, France,  Recombi-
nant  Saccharomyces Cerevisiae  as New Drug Delivery System to Gut: In Vitro 
Validation and Oral Formulation  
  Gary W.  Bumgarner,    Samford  University,  Birmingham, Alabama,   Transdermal 
Drug Delivery  
  Isidoro Caraballo,    University of Sevilla, Seville, Spain, T ablet Design  
  Stephen  M.  Carl,    Purdue  University,  West  Lafayette,  Indiana, B iotechnology -
D  erived Drug Product Development; Regulatory Considerations in Approval of 
Follow - On Protein Drug Products  
  Sudhir S. Chakravarthi,    University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Phar-
macy, Omaha, Nebraska,  Biodegradable Nanoparticles  
  D.F. Chowdhury,    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, P harmaceutical 
Nanosystems: Manufacture, Characterization, and Safety  
  Barbara R. Conway,    Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom,S  olid Dosage 
Forms  
  Jos é  das Neves,    University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, V aginal Drug Delivery  
  Osama Abu Diak,   Q  ueen’ s  University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, E ffects 
of Grinding in Pharmaceutical Tablet Production  
  Brit S. Farstad,    Instititue for Energy Technology, Isotope Laboratories, Kjeller, 
Norway,  Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing  
  Dimitrios G. Fatouros,    School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Portsmouth, 
England, L  iposomes and Drug Delivery  
  Jelena  Filipovi ç  -G  rč  ič  ,    Faculty  of  Pharmacy  and  Biochemistry,  University  of 
Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia,  Nasal Powder Drug Delivery
CONTRIBUTORS   vii
  Eddy Castellanos Gil,   C  enter of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and University of 
Havana, Havana, Cuba; University of Sevilla, Seville, Spain; University of Mont-
pelier 1, Montpellier, France,  Tablet Design  
  Anita  Hafner,    Faculty  of  Pharmacy  and  Biochemistry,  University  of  Zagreb, 
Zagreb, Croatia, N  asal Powder Drug Delivery  
  A.  Atilla  Hincal,   H  acettepe  University  Faculty  of  Pharmacy, Ankara, Turkey, 
 Cyclodextrin - Based Nanomaterials in Pharmaceutical Field  
  Michael Hindle,   V  irginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, A erosol 
Drug Delviery  
  Bhaskara R. Jasti,    University of the Pacifi c, Stockton, California,  Semisolid Dosages: 
Ointments, Creams, and Gels  
  Yiguang Jin,   B  eijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China, N anotechnol-
ogy in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing  
  David Jones,    Queen ’ s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland,  Effects of 
Grinding in Pharmaceutical Tablet Production  
  Anne  Juppo,   U  niversity  of  Helsinki,  Helsinki,  Finland, O  ral  Extended- R  elease 
Formulations  
  Paraskevi Kallinteri,    Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Greenwich and 
Kent, England,  Liposomes and Drug Delivery  
  Gregory T. Knipp,    Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, B iotechnology -
D  erived Drug Product Development; Regulatory Considerations in Approval of 
Follow - On Protein Drug Products  
  Anette  Larsson,    Chalmers  University  of Technology,  G ö teborg,  Sweden, O  ral 
Extended - Release Formulations  
  Beom - Jin Lee,   K  angwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, P harmaceutical 
Preformulation: Physiochemical Properties of Excipients and Powders and Tablet 
Characterization  
  Xiaoling Li,    University of the Pacifi c, Stockton, California, S  emisolid Dosages: 
Ointments, Creams, and Gels  
  David  J.  Lindley,    Purdue  University,  West  Lafayette,  Indiana, B iotechnology -
 Derived Drug Product Development  
  Roberto  Londono,    Washington  State  University,  Pullman, Washington,   Liquid 
Dosage Forms  
  Ravichandran Mahalingam,    University of the Pacifi c, Stockton, California, S  emi-
solid Dosages: Ointments, Creams, and Gels  
  Kenneth R. Morris,   P  urdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, B iotechnology -
 Derived Drug Product Development; Regulatory Considerations in Approval of 
Follow - On Protein Drug Products  
  Erin Oliver,    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 
 Biotechnology - Derived Drug Product Development; Regulatory Considerations 
in Approval of Follow - On Protein Drug Products