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Pharmaceutics
is the discipline of pharmacy that 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 dosage form.
Branches of pharmaceutics include:
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