The Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences will publish original research papers original research notes invited topical reviews (including Minireviews) and editorial commentary and news. The area of focus shall be concepts in basic pharmaceutical science and such topics as chemical processing of pharmaceuticals including crystallization lyophilization chemical stability of drugs pharmacokinetics biopharmaceutics pharmacodynamics pro-drug developments metabolic disposition of bioactive agents dosage form design protein-peptide chemistry and biotechnology specifically as these relate to pharmaceutical technology and targeted drug delivery.