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The "Textbook of Modern Pharmaceutics-I" is a comprehensive guide designed for students and professionals in the pharmaceutical sciences. This book delves into fundamental and advanced topics of pharmaceutics, providing a detailed exploration of preformulation concepts, including drug-excipient interactions, stability testing, and formulation kinetics. It also covers various pharmaceutical dispersions such as emulsions, suspensions, and SMEDDS. The text includes extensive discussions on optimization techniques and statistical designs used in pharmaceutical formulations, including factorial designs and response surface methodology. Pharmaceutical validation, following ICH and WHO guidelines, is thoroughly explained along with the validation of specific dosage forms. It emphasizes the importance of cGMP policies and their applications in building layouts, services, and equipment maintenance. Industrial management principles like inventory management, production planning, and sales forecasting are outlined for practical understanding. Furthermore, the book highlights total quality management concepts, tablet compression physics, and compaction processes. Readers will find in-depth studies on consolidation parameters, diffusion, dissolution, and pharmacokinetic profiles. Statistical tests like ANOVA, Chi-square, and student’s T-test are also discussed to aid in data analysis and interpretation.