Semisolid Dosages: Ointments, Creams, and Gels

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Handbook: Production and Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 267-312

  Mahalingam, Ravichandran ^a   Li, Xiaoling ^a   Jasti, Bhaskara R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Compendial commercial ointments; Scale up and postapproval changes (SUPAC); Semisolid dosages ointments, creams, and gels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871974255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470259818.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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