Title: pharmaceutics
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - pharmaceutics
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15224
Status: current

Definition
Science of preparation of drugs, dosage forms, and drug delivery systems taking into account the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drug as well as its physical and chemical properties.

Related Term
- drug delivery systems: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15175

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 971. 'Glossary of terms related to pharmaceutics (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 994 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-04-10-14)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15224/xml

Citation: Citation: 'pharmaceutics' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15224
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