Introducing theJournal of Pharmaceutical Innovation

Abstract

With the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and Elsevier, and on behalf of the Pilot Journal Task Team, I am pleased to introduce the Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation (JPI) to the pharmaceutical community. JPI is a scientific peer-reviewed publication that will focus on current topics of interest to the pharmaceutical industry, including new technologies, methods, products, philosophies, and the associated regulatory issues. JPI is intended to be of interest to a broad audience of pharmaceutical professionals and will include research and review papers in the areas of manufacturing, applied pharmaceutical sciences, process control, quality, pharmaceutical engineering, and pharmaceutical technology. The Editorial Advisory Board wishes to have an emphasis on new and innovative methods and techniques for the pharmaceutical industry. As Ajaz Hussain has commented in his Editorial article, the FDA’s current initiatives have, in fact, played an important part in the development of this Journal. The initiative on Process Analytical Technology (PAT), the current Good Manufacturing Practices for the 21st Century, and the Critical Path Initiative have accelerated the rate of change in our industry, and have also helped to create a niche for JPI. Although the technologies, methods, and philosophies associated with the PAT initiative, for example, might be important topics for current issues of JPI, the Pilot Journal Task Team and the Editorial Advisory Board envision the Journal as a forum for communication regarding any important new issues in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Continuous processing, individualized drug therapy, nanoparticles for improved drug delivery, novel analytical techniques, and many other potential topics come to the Editor’s mind as important subjects to be addressed in coming issues of JPI; however, the pharmaceutical community will bear the ultimate responsibility for identifying such topics. The Editor wishes to thank ISPE, Elsevier, and the Pilot Journal Task Team for their efforts to bring this Journal to reality. Additionally, the authors who have bravely submitted the fruits of their efforts to a new Journal are to be thanked. The reader will find a broad range of important topics in this first issue, including: