This introductory text highlights the most important aspects of a wide range of techniques used in the control of the quality of pharmaceuticals. Written with the needs of the student in mind, this clear, practical guide includes self-testing sections with arithmetical examples and tests to help students brush up on their arithmetical skills in an applied context.Covers all of the most important analysis techniques in one book.Concentrates on the most important points with just the right level of detail.Summarizes the relevant theory but avoids becoming too esoteric.Features chapter summaries, key points and self-assessment boxes.Includes arithmetical calculations of results in the self-assessment exercises.Additional section on basic calculations in pharmaceutical analysisMore detail on the capillary electrophoresis of proteinsA discussion of some of the new types of HPLC column and on solvent selectivity in HPLCAdditional material inserted on the control of the quality of analytical methods, mass spectrometry and high pressure liquid chromatographyAdditional self-assessment exercises