This journal is an international medium for the publication of original research reports and authoritative reviews on pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis. It covers the interdisciplinary aspects of analysis in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, including relevant developments in analytical methodology, instrumentation, computation and interpretation. Applications focus on individual groups of drugs, drug stability studies, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic monitoring, metabolic profiling; drug-related aspects of analytical biochemistry and forensic toxicology; quality assurance and drug-related topics of health and safety in the pharmaceutical industry. The journal is directed towards the needs of academic, clinical, government and industrial analysis and presents a unique forum for the discussion of current developments at the interface between pharmaceutical, biochemical and clinical analysis.