Part I: The Patient
1. Pediatric Development: Anatomy. Age, Weight, Body Surface and Stature, Organ Development
Hannah Bachelor
2. Pediatric Development: Physiology. Enzymes; Drug Metabolism; Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics
Geert 't Jong
3. Pediatric Development - Gastrointestinal
Hannah Batchelor
4. How to Estimate the Dose to be Given for the First Time to Pediatric Patients
Gerard Greig
5. The Clinical Relevance of Pediatric Formulations
Karel Allegaert, Pieter De Cock, Johannes N van den Anker
Part II: Formulating for Children I, The Oral Route
6. General Considerations for Pediatric Oral Drug Formulation
Valentina Shakhnovich and Susan M. Abdel-Rahman
7. Orosensory Perception
Per Møller
8. Flavor Is Not Just Taste: Taste Concealing
Charles R. Frey
9. Liquid Formulations
Charles R. Frey and J. Scott Madsen
10. Paediatric Solid Formulations
Sejal Ranmal and Catherine Tuleu
11. Semi-Solid Formulations
Daniel Bar-Shalom and Irwin C. Jacobs
12. The Challenge of Automated Compounding
Daniel Bar-Shalom
13. Pediatric Formulations in Clinical Testing and the Challenge of Final Market Formulation
Norbert Pöllinger
14. Buccal/Sublingual Drug Delivery for the Paediatric Population
Viralkumar F. Patel, Darragh Murnane, Marc B. Brown
Part III: Formulating for Children II, Non-Oral Routes
15. Topical and Transdermal
William McAuley, Matthew Traynor and Marc Brown
16. Parenteral Liquids for Intravenous and Transdermal Use
Utpal U. Shah and Matthew Roberts
17. The Challenges of Paediatric Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Darragh Murnane and Marc B Brown
18. Nasal, Ocular, and Otic Drug Delivery Hannah Batchelor
19. Rectal Drug Delivery Hannah Batchelor
20. Intraosseous Infusions in Infants and NeonatesJose Ramet, Maria A.L.J. Slaats Mst, Catharina J. Elsing Mst
Part IV: Compounding
21. Compounding for Children - The Compounding Pharmacist
Linda F. McElhiney
Part V: Materials
22. Food Ingredients
Parnali Chatterjee and Marie Ojiambo
23. Excipients and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
Parnali Chatterjee and Mohammed M Alvi
Part VI: Clinical Development and Regulatory Aspects
24. Clinical Testing in Children
Klaus Rose
25. Pediatric Formulations and Dosage Forms and Future Opportunities: Impact of Regulations in the United States and Implementation of Quality by Design
Arzu Selen
26. Pediatric Pharmaceutical Legislation and its impact on Adult and Pediatric Drug Development: The EU Regulatory View
Siri Wang & Karl-Heinz Huemer
27. Pediatric Pharmaceutical Legislation in USA and EU and their impact on Adult and Pediatric Drug Development
Klaus Rose
28. Checks and Balances in the EU: The Role of the European Ombudsman, with a Focus on the Paediatric Regulation
Rosita Agnew
Part VII: Concluding Remarks - The Future of Pediatric Formulations
29. The Dangerous Business Of Predicting The Future
Daniel Bar-Shalom. Hannah Batchelor, Linda F. McElhiney, Klaus Rose
About the Author: Daniel Bar-Shalom is an Associate Professor in Drug Delivery at The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. He has a degree in Biology from The Tel-Aviv University (1975), carried research in botany and then graduated from the School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1982). He is a qualified pharmacist and has managed and owned a pharmacy in Haifa where he gained insight into the needs and idiosyncrasies of patients. He moved to Denmark in 1986 and founded Egalet, a drug delivery company where he served until 2007 as Vice President, R&D. He has been a consultant for various pharmaceutical and medical device companies. He is also the inventor of various technologies, holds many patents and has formulated marketed products. His main interests are controlled drug delivery and in particular oral pediatric formulations and geriatric formulations addressing the problem of polypharmacy.
Dr. Klaus Rose is CEO of Klausrose Consulting, Switzerland and advises on pediatric drug development and how to comply with FDA and EMA pediatric requirements. He has studied Latin languages, psychology and medicine. After postgraduate clinical training in general medicine in Germany and England, he joined the pharmaceutical industry. He has held various positions in R&D and medical affairs, was Global Head Pediatrics Novartis from 2001 to 2005 and was Global Head Pediatrics Roche from 2005 to 2009. After a year with a regulatory consultancy, he established his own business. Dr. Rose is a frequent speaker on international conferences on pediatric drug development, organizes trainings and publishes on a regular base.