Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with known pharmacological properties but a raw chemical is of no use to a patient. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form such as a
 * Tablet
 * Capsule
 * Hard Capsule
 * Soft Capsule
 * Microencapsule
 * Suppository
 * Injection
 * Pessary
 * Cream
 * Ointment
 * Eye drop
 * Ear drop
 * Inhalation
 * Nasal spray
 * Transdermal patch
 * Emulsion
 * Suspension
 * Dispersion
 * Solution
 * Implant
 * Lotion
 * Inserts
 * Powder
 * Gels
 * Paste
 * Novel drug delivery systems

et cetera.

Branches of pharmaceutics include:
 * Pharmacokinetics
 * Pharmacodynamics
 * Pharmacogenomics
 * Pharmaceutical formulation
 * Pharmaceutical technology