Download or read book Handbook of Preformulation written by Sarfaraz K. Niazi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preformulation studies are the physical, chemical, and biological studies needed to characterize a drug substance for enabling the proper design of a drug product, whereas the effectiveness of a drug product is determined during the formulation studies phase. Though the two disciplines overlap in practice, each is a significantly distinct phase of