The much anticipated Second Edition of Oral Drug Absorption thoroughly examines the special equipment and methods used to test whether drugs are released adequately when administered orally. Case-based examples and a supplementary interactive CD-ROM are included to provide real-life approaches to testing. This practical, hands-on guide helps pharmaceutical industry personnel: UL UL /UL LImodel their own testing data using the Excel feature on the CD-ROM/LI LIidentify formulations that will produce the best clinical results/LI LIclear products for release into the market/LI LIverify batch-to-batch reproducibility/LI LIidentify whether changes in formulation or manufacturing procedure after marketing approval affect clinical performance/LI LIdetermine if a generic version of the medicine can be approved/LI UL /UL/UL The Second Editiona (TM)s new topics include: UL UL /UL LIadvances in pharmacokinetic modeling and profiling/LI LIaccurately establishing and validating in vitro and in vivo correlations for both MR and IR formulations/LI LImethods used for synthetic drugs/LI LIalternative approaches for MR and IR formulations/LI LIbioequivalence studies and biowaiving/LI LIdietary supplement considerations/LI LIformulation screening and different approaches from the US industry and European industry perspectives/LI/UL