Bioanalytical Methods for Selected Drug Candidates

Pharmaceuticals which are introduced into the market have been increasing at a rapid rate. These pharmaceuticals may be either of new entities or partial structural differences of the existing molecules and which are included in one or few pharmacopoeias. Under these conditions, standards and analytical procedures for these drugs may not be available officially or may be inaccessible. Hence it becomes necessary to develop newer analytical methods for such drugs. In relation to this context, pharmaceutical analysis plays an important role in the quality assurance and quality control of bulk drug samples as well as pharmaceutical formulations. In this connection, it should be emphasized that the present day pharmacist should be aware and capable of developing new methods in order to keep the pharmaceutical industries and quality control laboratories in viable position.