A practical guide for chemists in the pharmaceutical industry to making automated analyses of drugs that will meet the standards of regulatory agencies. Reviews the standard techniques of high-performance liquid chromatography, specialized detection methods, automation in pharmaceutical analysis, analyses of pharmaceuticals- helping readers meet rigorous regulatory agency standards for acceptable test results. Written by leading experts in the field, this text describes current liquid chromatographic techniques in pharamaceutical analysis...discusses highly sensitve detailed detection of drugs... considers automatation in pharamaceutical analysis...examines new molecular entities and opitcal isomers... and more.