Authors Vinayak (Vasant)V.Ranade,Ph.D.,is director of chemical sciences for Academic pharr aceuticals.Inc.in Lake Bluff,Illinois.He also holds a faculty Dr.Ranade earned his Ph.D.degree in organic chemistry from the Uni- versity of Bombay in 1965 and received his postdoctoral training in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor.He has arch chemist for Abbott Laboratories,Mallinckrodt Inc.and ritica Care. Dr.Ranade is a member of the American Chemical Society,APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the honorary society,Sigma Xi. He was awarded the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Fellow- ship,and was elected fellow of the American Institute of Chemists.He was ent of the Genia Czerniak Prize for Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharma 08y Dr.Ranade has been a reviewer for a number of scientific jounals,and his biography is listed in Who's Who and American Men and Women of Science and Technology.He has presented research work at the American Chemical Society,the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences,and the American e of Cardiolo gy and Pha gy meetings eha than papers including original and abstracts.He is the recipient of several U.S.patents,and his research work has also been included in Canadian and European patents.He co-authored the first edition of this book titled Drug Delivery Systems published by CRC Press in 1995. Dr.Ranade's significant contributions to pharmaceutical research and development include synthesis of tumor imaging agents,formulations of cardiovascular and diuretic drugs,and chiral chromatographic separations of a variety of drugs.Dr.Ranade is also a consultant in the areas of chemical and pharamaceutical technology for some industrial organizations,securities market analysis companies,and research institutes in the U.S. Mannfred A.Hollinger,Ph.D.,is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology,School of Medicine, University of California,Davis.Dr.Hollinger is the former editor of Current Authors Vinayak (Vasant) V. Ranade, Ph.D., is director of chemical sciences for Academic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He also holds a faculty position in the Department of Pharmacology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Ranade earned his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the Uni￾versity of Bombay in 1965 and received his postdoctoral training in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has worked as a research chemist for Abbott Laboratories, Mallinckrodt Inc., and DuPont Critical Care. Dr. Ranade is a member of the American Chemical Society, APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the honorary society, Sigma Xi. He was awarded the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Fellow￾ship, and was elected fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. He was the co-recipient of the Genia Czerniak Prize for Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmacology. Dr. Ranade has been a reviewer for a number of scientific jounals, and his biography is listed in Who’s Who and American Men and Women of Science and Technology. He has presented research work at the American Chemical Society, the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the American College of Cardiology and Pharmacology meetings. He has published more than 90 papers including original and review articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He is the recipient of several U.S. patents, and his research work has also been included in Canadian and European patents. He co-authored the first edition of this book titled Drug Delivery Systems published by CRC Press in 1995. Dr. Ranade’s significant contributions to pharmaceutical research and development include synthesis of tumor imaging agents, formulations of cardiovascular and diuretic drugs, and chiral chromatographic separations of a variety of drugs. Dr. Ranade is also a consultant in the areas of chemical and pharamaceutical technology for some industrial organizations, securities market analysis companies, and research institutes in the U.S. Mannfred A. Hollinger, Ph.D., is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis. Dr. Hollinger is the former editor of Current