Pharmaceutics

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Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy which deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with known pharmacological properties but a raw chemical is of no use to a patient. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a tablet, capsule, suppository, injection, pessary, cream, ointment, eye-drop, inhalation et cetera which is acceptable for use on or by a patient.

Branches of pharmaceutics include:

• pharmacokinetics
• pharmacodynamics
• physical pharmacy
• pharmacogenomics
• pharmaceutical formulation

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