ABSTRACT
Modern Pharmaceutics edited by Gilbert Banker and Christopher Rhodes has become a
classic in the field. It is well known and has been well received on an international basis,
necessitating the publication of this fifth edition. The present editors took on the difficult
task of following in the footsteps of the founding editors and their associates with some
trepidation. It has been several years since the last edition, and on realizing that Dr. Banker
and Dr. Rhodes wanted to pass on the editorship, we accepted the mantle.
