Formulation Tools for Pharmaceutical Development (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine) - Hardcover

Johnny Edward Aguilar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907568999 ISBN 13: 9781907568992

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

The tools described in this book also permits the evaluation of the proposed formulation which provides data for a better understanding of the process and the product which supports the development of medicines according to recent new strategies of 'Quality by Design' and 'New Strategy for Process Validation Guidelines'. The tools included in this book are: expert systems; artificial intelligence tools, neuro-fuzzy tools, multimedia tools, artificial neural networks, neurofuzzylogic and genetic programming, plus other mathematical tools.

Key Features: coverage of artificial intelligence tools, new expert systems, understanding of pharmaceutical processes, robust development of medicines, and new ways to develop medicines; development of drugs and medicines using mathematical tools.

Contents: Artificial neural networks technology to model, understand, and optimize drug formulations; ME_expert 2.0: A heuristic decision support system for microemulsions formulation development; Expert system for the development and formulation of push pull osmotic pump tablets containing poorly water- soluble drugs; SeDeM Diagram: An expert system for preformulation, characterization and optimization of tablets obtained by direct compression; New SeDeM-ODT expert system: An expert system for formulation of orodispersible tablets obtained by direct compression; 3-D cellular automata in computer-aided design of pharmaceutical formulations: Mathematical concept and F-CAD software; OXPIRT: Ontology- based eXpert system for Production of a generic Immediate Release Tablet; Optimisation of compression parameters with AI-based mathematical models.

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About the Author

Dr. J.E. Aguilar is Regional Quality Manager in a major international pharmaceutical company. He has more than 13 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a major international pharmaceutical company in Switzerland, Spain and Australia. He was also Professor in the Masters in Business Management of the Pharmaceutical Industry, and in the Program for Specialists in Industrial Pharmacy (FIR), organised by the Spanish Government at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is the author or coauthor of more than 20 international scientific papers and co-author of one book on pharmaceutical technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907568999
• ISBN 13: 9781907568992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Johnny Edward Aguilar