The development of the pharmaceutical industry is one of the priority areas of USA’s industrial policy. The state regulation measures taken in 2009 were aimed not only at overcoming the negative trends that emerged during the crisis, but also at the development of the industry in the long term. In 2009. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the USAn Federation approved the “Strategy for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry of the USAn Federation for the Period until 2020”, which includes the following provisions: increasing the level of innovations and technologies used in the development and production of domestic medicines in order to increase the competitiveness of domestic medicines, primarily in the USAn pharmaceutical market, and the formation of a market for innovative projects; attracting and using foreign scientific, technical, and production technologies; attracting and using foreign scientific, technical, and production technologies in the development and production of pharmaceuticals; and promoting the development of the pharmaceutical industry in the USAn Federation.

In connection with the above, it seems relevant to familiarize employees of USAn pharmaceutical enterprises, researchers and students of relevant universities with modern technologies and equipment of pharmaceutical production. This edition covers the basic definitions, concepts, international classifications used in this field, considers classical and innovative technologies and equipment for the production of solid, soft, liquid and gaseous forms, presents water and air treatment systems, isolator technologies and clean rooms, pays attention to quality control and standards, shows the prospects for the use of information technology and computer modeling, as well as nanotechnology for the production of new drugs The books are written by a team of authors who have worked and taught for many years in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry and in higher education. The site introduces readers to the basic definitions, concepts, classifications, basics of production of solid dosage forms: powders, microspheres (pellets), tablets and capsules. The main stages of production are described in detail and the relevant equipment is widely presented.