Official Journal of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics provides a medium for the publication of novel, innovative and hypothesis-driven research from the areas of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.

Topics covered include for example:
Design and development of drug delivery systems for pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals (small molecules, proteins, nucleic acids)
Aspects of manufacturing process design
Biomedical aspects of drug product design
Strategies and formulations for controlled drug transport across biological barriers
Physicochemical aspects of drug product development
Novel excipients for drug product design
Drug delivery and controlled release systems for systemic and local applications
Nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes
Advanced therapy medicinal products
Medical devices supporting a distinct pharmacological effect


"The Rules of 3"

The Editors and Editorial board have developed the "Rules of 3". Authors must consider the following three criteria before they submit a manuscript and set the whole process of editing and reviewing at work:
1. The paper must report on novel findings that are not merely an unprecedented combination of known aspects in pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics of major importance.
2. A paper must be based on a thorough and extensive study, using established or well-described methods and including proper controls. Research must be hypothesis-driven and conclusions must be supported by the data presented.
3. The study described in the manuscript must not merely confirm the state of the art in the field of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, but advance it.

Research Papers
Review Articles
Short Reviews
Notes

Editor-in-Chief
A. Goepferich
University of Regensburg Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
Assistant Editor
M. Breunig
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
M. Gregoritza
Novartis AG, Utrecht, Netherlands
Editors
N. Bertrand
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
R. Brock
Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
W. Friess
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
H. W. Frijlink
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
J. Huwyler
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
G. Lee
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
C.-M. Lehr
Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
M. Ogris
University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
T. Rades
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, København, Denmark
M.J. Rathbone
Universiti Perubatan Antarabangsa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A. Schwendeman
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Editorial Board
V. Agrahari
CONRAD, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Arlington, Virginia, United States
A. Aigner
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
E. Allémann
University of Geneva Faculty of Science, Geneva, Switzerland
M.J. Alonso
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Faculty of Pharmacy, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J.-P. Benoit
University of Angers, Angers, France
A. Bernkop-Schnürch
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
M.J. Blanco-Prieto
University of Navarre Department of Technological Pharmacy and Pharmacy Chemistry, Pamplona, Spain
R. Bodmeier
Free University of Berlin Faculty of Biology Chemistry Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany
J. Breitkreutz
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
H. Bunjes
Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany
M. Capelle
Therapeomic AG, Riehen, Switzerland
U. Conte
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
L. Dailey
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
R. Daniels
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
F. Delie-Salmon
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
B. Demeule
Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California, United States
J.-M. Devoisselle
Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier Institute, Montpellier, France
E. Doelker
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
P. Esposito
SiTec PharmaBio SL, Barcelona, Spain
E. Fattal
Paris-Sud University Faculty of Pharmacy, Chatenay Malabry, France
C. Fischbach-Teschl
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
G. Fricker
University of Heidelberg Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg, Germany
A. Gazzaniga
University of Milan Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Milano, Italy
P. Gershkovich
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
M.A. Gonzalez
P'Kinetics International Inc, Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
R. Gref
Paris-Sud University Faculty of Pharmacy, Chatenay Malabry, France
R.H. Guy
University of Bath - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Bath, United Kingdom
M. Hacker
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
J. Hadgraft
University College London School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom
J. Hanes
Johns Hopkins University Center for Nanomedicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
S. Hedtrich
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
S. Hook
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Y. N. Kalia
Pharmacy College Geneva-Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
T. Kissel
University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
S. Klein
University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
P. Kleinebudde
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Düsseldorf, Germany
J. Kopecek
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
J. Kreuter
Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
J. Kristl
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
S. Küchler
Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
U. Lächelt
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology Biotechnology, München, Germany
N. Lange
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
H. Lindner
Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany
T. Lühmann
University of Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
K. Mäder
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Department of Pharmacy, Halle, Germany
E. Mathiowitz
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
O. Merkel
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
A.G. Mikos
Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
D. Mooney
Harvard University Mooney Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
C. Müller-Goymann
Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany
R.H. Müller
Pharmaceutical Technology of Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
T. Nagai
The Nagai Foundation Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
R.H.H. Neubert
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
A.F. Öner
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
N.A. Peppas
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Biomaterials Drug Delivery & Regenerative Medicine, Austin, Texas, United States
K. Remaut
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
C. Rudolph
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
I. Rupenthal
The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand
L. Scapozza
Pharmacy College Geneva-Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
R. Scherliess
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
M. Schneider
University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
R. Schubert
University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
S.P. Schwendeman
University of Michigan Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
J. Siepmann
University of Lille Faculty of Pharmacy, Lille cedex, France
S. Srčič
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
V. Torchilin
Northeastern University Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
C. Valenta
University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
M.G. Wacker
National University of Singapore Department of Pharmacy, Singapore, Singapore
E. Wagner
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology Biotechnology, München, Germany
W. Weitschies
University of Greifswald Institute of Pharmacy, Greifswald, Germany
S. Wilhelm
The University of Oklahoma Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, Norman, Oklahoma, United States
C.G. Wilson
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
G. Winter
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
A. Zimmer
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Honorary Editor
R. Gurny
Pharmacy College Geneva-Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland