chapter 1 Drug Products: Their Role in the Treatment of Disease, Their Quality, and Their Status and Future as Drug-Delivery Systems -- chapter 2 Principles of Drug Absorption / chapter 3 Pharmacokinetics / chapter 4 Factors Influencing Drug Absorption and Drug Availability / chapter 5 The Effect of Route of Administration and Distribution on Drug Action / chapter 6 Chemical Kinetics and Drug Stability / chapter 7 Preformulation / chapter 8 Cutaneous and Transdermal Delivery�Processes and Systems of Delivery / chapter 9 Disperse Systems / chapter 10 Tablet Dosage Forms / chapter 11 Hard and Soft Shell Capsules / chapter 12 Parenteral Products / chapter 13 Design and Evaluation of Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Products -- chapter 14 Delivery of Drugs by the Pulmonary Route / chapter 15 Sustained- and Controlled-Release Drug-Delivery Systems -- chapter 16 Target-Oriented Drug-Delivery Systems / chapter 17 Packaging of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms / chapter 18 Optimization Techniques in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Processing / chapter 19 Food and Drug Laws that Affect Drug Product Design, Manufacture, and Distribution -- chapter 20 European Aspects of the Regulation of Drug Products with Particular Reference to Development Pharmaceutics -- chapter 21 Pediatric and Geriatric Aspects of Pharmaceutics / chapter 22 Biotechnology-Based Pharmaceuticals / chapter 23 The Pharmacist and Veterinary Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms / chapter 24 Dietary Supplements / chapter 25 Bioequivalency / chapter 26 Drug Information / chapter 27 Managed Care and Pharmacotherapy Management / chapter 28 A View to the Future