Examines the discovery, biological structure, control, and continued clarification of endotoxin from a parenteral manufacturing perspective. This work shows how to apply endotoxin testing in pharmaceutical environment. It also features information on clinical advances, regulation standards, and validation procedures for computerized kinetic tests. "This new volume of Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences" is again a very well-written book, which provides comprehensive information in an  explicable and user friendly manner" European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics "?well illustrated to support important concepts.  This book should be a familiar reference for anyone seriously interested in endotoxin research or testing." --LAL Times (for previous edition) "?an excellent fifteen-chapter text?this well written, in-depth book will become a standard reference used by those working in this challenging, rapidly changing field." --Pharmaceutical Research (for previous edition)