This is an important, completely updated, authentic and easy to read book on Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945, for undergraduate and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacists, formulators, marketers and personnel in manufacturing, marketing and laboratory practice.

This book is primarily intended to serve as textbook for an introductory course in Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence. The book is targeted to the undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides the information in a lucid, condensed and cohesive form, to cater specifically the needs of undergraduate students of pharmacy.

This open access book presents recent advances in the pure sciences that are of significance in the quest for alternatives to the use of animals in research and describes a variety of practical applications of the three key guiding principles for the more ethical use of animals in experiments – replacement, reduction, and refinement, collectively known as the 3Rs. Important examples from across the world of implementation of the 3Rs in the testing of cosmetics, chemicals, pesticides, and biologics, including vaccines, are described, with additional information on relevant regulations. The coverage also encompasses emerging approaches to alternative tests and the 3Rs. The book is based on the most informative contributions delivered at the Asian Congress 2016 on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. It will be of value for those working in R&D, for graduate students, and for educators in various fields, including the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sciences, pharmacology, toxicology, and animal welfare. The free, open access distribution of Alternatives to Animal Testing is enabled by the Creative Commons Attribution license in International version 4: CC BY 4.0.