Stability testing of drug products

Stability Testing ensures that the perfect quality and hence the effectiveness of a drug product is maintained throughout its shelf life. It is therfore an important prerequisite of industrial drug manufacture. The subject will be treated by scientists from Europe, Japan and the USA, representatives of the academic world, regulatory authorities and industry. The authors describe the current state of technology, the crucial problems still to be solved, the direction in which stability testing should develop, so that future problems may be overcome.