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Publications on all aspects of production and distribution of pharmaceutical products · Forum of the pharmaceutical industry covering all themes of pharma, health care, and social politics as well as public health affairs affecting the market members · Bulletin of the associations of the pharmaceutical industry of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. News on companies and personalities as well as information on general developments and trends appear in the current affairs section of the journal. Besides information on conferences and meetings ahead, correspondents regularly report from abroad as well as from the pharmaceutical stock market. In condensed reports permanent columnists deal with important questions and problems concerning everyday political issues on health and pharmaceutics. With the headline "Public Health and Pharmaceutics, Industry and Society" not only current topics from areas such as testing, registration and approval, trade marks, patents, law and rights, GMP/GLP/GCP, marketing, business and applied economics are dealt with. Besides general problems of health care and pharmaceutics, particular attention is paid to issues related to the EU ("europharm®"). In addition, special comprehensive reports from nearly all fields affecting the pharmaceutical industry are published. Furthermore, for marketing and scientific purposes information on disclosed pharmaceutical patent submissions is given. "Science and Technology" considers scientific and technical papers from university, industry, and other institutions. It covers original studies, reviews, conference reports, and technical issues relating to the following fields: synthesis, analysis, formulation, production, packaging, transport and storage, biopharmacy, pharmacokinetics, purity and quality of drugs, manufacturing hygiene, microbiology, GMP, installations and equipment for production processes and analytical procedures, design and organisation of facilities. In addition, short reports on new products and procedures are published. The annual "Award for Pharma Technics" supports outstanding contributions in the field of pharmaceutical science and technology. The journal publishes articles in German or in English. Summaries, as a rule, appear in both languages (bi-lingual abstracts are mandatory for original papers and reviews in "Science and Technology").