International Pharmaceutical Abstracts

The International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) provide a comprehensive collection of information on drug use and development. As a primary source of drug-related health literature, IPA provides pharmacists, poison information specialists, drug information centers, the pharmaceutical industry, health practitioners, pharmacologists, medical librarians, cosmetic companies, environmentalists, educators, toxicologists, and litigators with information from over 800 health journals throughout the world.

Subject Coverage

Major areas of coverage include:

Drug reactions
Toxicity
Investigational drugs
Drug evaluations
Drug interactions
Biopharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutics
Drug stability
Pharmacology
Preliminary drug testing
Pharmaceutical chemistry
Drug analysis
Drug metabolism
Pharmacognosy
Methodology

Dates of Coverage

1971 - current

Update Frequency

Monthly

Size

Over 437,761 records as of February 2007

Print Equivalent

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts

Supplier

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
7272 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
Voice: +1 301-657-3000, ext. 1253 (worldwide)
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Sample Record

TI:	Title Emerging trends in the use of pharmaceutical excipients
AU:	Author Shangraw, RF
AF:	Author Affiliation Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Pharm., 20 N. Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201-1180, USA
SO:	Source Pharmaceutical Technology (USA), vol. 21, (Jun), pp. 36, 38, 40, 42, 1997
IS:	ISSN 0147-8087
AB:	Abstract Changes that have occurred in the field of pharmaceutical excipients and current challenges in excipient development are discussed, including functionality tests, harmonization, the goals of the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC), and the rationale behind Scale-Up and Postapproval Changes (SUPAC) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
LA:	Language English
PY:	Publication Year 1997
DE:	Descriptors Industry, pharmaceutical: excipients; Excipients: manufacturing; Manufacturing: excipients; International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council: guidelines; Food and Drug Administration (U.S.): regulations; Guidelines: International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council; Regulations: Food and Drug Administration; Product development: excipients
CL:	Classification 9 Pharmaceutics; 1 Pharmaceutical Technology; 20 Legislation, Laws and Regulations
SF:	Subfile Name IPA TOXLINE
AN:	Accession Number 34-11753

Field Codes

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract	NT = Notes
AF = Author Affiliation	PT = Publication Type
AN = Accession Number	PY = Publication Year
AU = Author	RN = CAS Registry Number
CL = Classification	SF = Subfile
DE = Descriptors	SL = Summary Language
ID = Identifiers	SO = Source
IS = ISSN	TC = Therapeutic Class
LA = Language	TI = Title

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