With the intent of designing a more systematic, focused program on knowledge management (KM), in 2006 the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) initiated a survey on the status of KM in nine member countries and compiled about two dozen case studies of exemplary KM practices in the private sector, government, and nongovernmental organizations in Asia. This book is the result of that survey project. To complement the survey, the APO sent three factfinding missions to leading KM institutions and practitioners in Europe and the USA in 2007. Study meetings on formulating a KM framework, KM implementation, and KM measurement methodology were also convened by the APO to expand its research and planning function.

The survey of good KM practices described in this book validated earlier concepts and yielded useful new insights that can help the APO improve its program to assist NPOs in KM and to help member countries to move toward knowledge-based development (KBD). Because many individual member countries have unique or specific strengths in KM, collaborative or multilateral cooperation among NPOs would be mutually beneficial, especially for NPOs that have only recently begun the journey toward competitiveness and excellence through KM. The APO intends to improve its assistance to NPOs that need to accelerate the adoption of KM and KBD.

Many leading organizations in KM practice in Asia are shifting their focus from excellence in operational productivity and quality management to excellence in strategic innovation and learning through KM. Thus the APO will continue to encourage the replication or adaptation of the best practices in quality improvement, but more importantly it will increase efforts to stimulate the innovation of “next practices” to improve the global competitiveness of Asian enterprises.

The case studies in this volume provide evidence that success in the Asian organizations studied is viewed not only as stemming from intelligent management of knowledge assets but also from supportive relationships and caring leadership that motivate knowledge workers in Asia to perform at their best.

The APO is grateful to all contributors to this publication for conveying the importance of KM through their survey studies. Special thanks are due to Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon for his role as chief expert for the survey and review of the entire volume. It is our hope that the survey results will provide readers with further insights into KM and assist firms and policymakers in taking actions that will yield business excellence and higher productivity.

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A guide to all aspects of tablet and capsule machine instrumentation in pharmaceutical research, development and production.In order to produce a satisfactory tablet or capsule it is necessary to combine a sound formulation with a proper control of the tabletting or capsule filling process. These considerations involve the need to make accurate measurements and this text provides a practical guide to the techniques and applications of instrumentation used to make these measurements.This text provides a sound understanding of the principles and techniques involved, and of how data generated by instrumented machines can be applied to problems in pharmaceutical research, development and manufacture.It encompasses major advances in instrumentation methodology as well as in both tablet presses and capsule filling equipment. In particular there are new methods of measurement, the feeding of the output of instrumentation into computers has become routine, and instrumentation techniques have been expanded to tablet press simulators, automatic press control and capsule filling equipment.

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Worldwide, there are varying Codes of Practice/Conduct for the pharmaceutical industry that ensure the industry self-regulates to promote the appropriate use of medicines by operating in a professional, ethical and transparent manner and ensuring high standards.The aim of this book is to aid the understanding of the many pharmaceutical Codes of Practice/Conduct throughout the world. It contains an overview of the guidelines for the promotion of pharmaceutical products in all geographical areas.Each section includes a "general overview" providing a discussion on that particular Code of Practice and differences/similarities with other countries.

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This is a revision guide for students giving bullet points of basic information on physical pharmacy followed by questions and answers.Fast Track is a new series of indispensable revision guides created especially for undergraduate pharmacy students.The content of each title focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples."The Fast Track" series provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy undergraduate students wanting to revise and test themselves for forthcoming exams.Based on the successful textbook, "Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy", this title is a concise guide providing the physicochemical background to the design and use of pharmaceutical dosage forms.

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This is an excellent book that contains every phamaceutical excipient that I have ever had the need to know about. I work for a dietary supplement manufacturer and we quite often get calls from customers that want to know all about all those "other ingredients" that are listed on product cartons. The book has a section for each excipient and each excipient has the following sections: Nonproprietary Names, Synonyms, Chemical Name and CAS Registry Number, Empirical Formula and Molecular Weight, Structural Formula, Functional Category, Applications in Pharmaceutical Formulation or Technology, Description, Pharmacopeial Specifications, Typical Properties, stability and Storage Conditions, Incompatibilities, Method of Manufacture, Safety, Handling Precautions, Regulatory Status, Pharmacopeias, Related Substances, Comments, Specific References, General References, and Authors. While I have a background in Biology, I found several of the sections to be easy to understand by several of our employees that do not have a science background. While, still, there was highly technical/scientific information as well. Each excipient's information is contained in 2-4 pages. The book is arranged alphabetically which makes finding information easy. In addition, it contains an index that is very well constructed. For example: If you are looking for an Emulsifying Agent, the index lists all the excipients that can be used for that purpose. I can't say enough how easy this book is to use. Its information is pared down to the essential text, and is chocked full of graphs, charts and microscopic photos of the excipients.

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A practical overview of a full rangeof approaches to discovering, selecting, and producing biotechnology-derived drugs

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology helps pharmaceutical scientists develop biotech drugs through a comprehensive framework that spans the process from discovery, development, and manufacturing through validation and registration. With chapters written by leading practitioners in their specialty areas, this reference:

• Provides an overview of biotechnology used in the drug development process
• Covers extensive applications, plus regulations and validation methods
• Features fifty chapters covering all the major approaches to the challenge of identifying, producing, and formulating new biologically derived therapeutics

With its unparalleled breadth of topics and approaches, this handbook is a core reference for pharmaceutical scientists, including development researchers, toxicologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, cell biologists, immunologists, and formulation chemists. It is also a great resource for quality assurance/assessment/control managers, biotechnology technicians, and others in the biotech industry.

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First published over twenty years ago, "Stockley's Drug Interactions" is still the most indispensable and authoritative international source of drug interaction information. Based upon the many thousands of published clinical papers and reports, it provides a series of detailed yet concise monographs designed for quick and easy reference. Each monograph contains a summary, clinical evidence for the interaction under discussion, its probable mechanism, clinical importance and management. Individual interactions are assembled alphabetically into chapters, grouped therapeutically, pharmacologically or individually. Both Recommended International Nonproprietary Names (rINN) and US Adopted Names (USAN) are used throughout the book.

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The qualified success and general appeal of Medicinal Chemistry is not only confined to the Indian subcontinent, but it has also won an overwhelming popularity in other parts of the world. Specific care has been taken to maintain and sustain the fundamental philosophy of the textbook embracing rigidly the original pattern and style of presentation with a particular expatiated treatment of synthesis of potential medicinal compounds for the ultimate benefits of the ?teachers and the taught? alike.

The present thoroughly revised and skilfully expanded Fourth Edition essentially contains three new and important chapters, namely : Molecular Modeling and Drug Design (Chapter 3), Adrenocortical Steroids (Chapter 24), and Antimycobacterial Agents (Chapter 26) so as to make the textbook more useful to its readers.

With the advent of thirty chapters the present updated form of Medicinal Chemistry will prove to be an asset for M.Pharm./B.Pharm. Degree Students, M.Sc. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, M.Sc. Applied Chemistry and M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry throughout the Indian Universities.

Medicinal Chemistry appears as a newly designed and artistically presented in a two-colour scheme so as to facilitate a distinctly more effective use of the book.

This highly readable, lucid, handy, and exceptionally knowledgeable textbook will definitely win a better, bigger, and confident place for itself amongst its valued readers.

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