Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL BOARD Ibrahim A. Alsarra, Ph.D. Professor of Fakhreddin Jamali, Ph.D. Steven H. Neau, Ph.D. Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Professor Professor of Pharmaceutical Department of Pharmaceutics Editor-in-Chief of Journal of & Director of Industrial Pharmacy College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical (JPPS) Philadelphia College of Pharmacy King Saud University 3118 Dentistry / Pharmaceutical Center University of the Sciences in Philadelphia P.O. Box 2457 University of Alberta Campus 600 South 43rd Street 11451, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2N8, Canada Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Ronald J. Sawchuk, Ph.D. Atef M. Shibl, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Professor of Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor Department of Pharmaceutics Director, Bioanalytic and Pharmacokinetic Services Laboratory College of Pharmacy Editorial Office Department of Pharmaceutics King Saud University Saudi Pharmaceutical Society College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota P.O. Box 2457 College of Pharmacy Weaver-Densford Hall, Room 9-149A Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia King Saud University 308 Harvard St., SE E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 2457 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected] Jochen Lehmann, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Professor Adel Sakr, Ph.D. Department of Pharmaceutical Board of Trustees Chair Assistant Institute of Pharmacy Graduate Studies, Research & International Affairs Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena Future University, Egypt Philosophenweg, 14, D-07743 Jena, Germany E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Jennifer B. Dressman, Ph.D. Maisoon Ghaleb, BSc (Hons), MSc, Ph.D. Professor Pharmaceutics Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice/Patient Safety Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology Biocenter University of Hertfordshire Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hatfield Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Goethe University Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

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Gang Bao, Ph.D. Fred M. Eckel, M.S. Mahmoud A. Mansour, Ph.D. Ashraf T. Khalil, Ph.D. Robert A. Milton Chair in Biomedical Professor Professor Professor of Editor-in-Chief of Pharmacy Times Department of Department of Pharmacognosy College of Engineering Distinguished Professor Hospital Pharmacy Practice College of Pharmacy, King Saud University College of Pharmacy, King Saud University 313 Ferst Drive, Suite 2115 School of Pharmacy P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0535, USA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Beard Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360, USA Wael Hamdy Sayed Mansy, Ph.D. Ayman O.S. El-Kadi, Ph.D. Yousif A. Asiri, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor of Academic Affair 3126 Dentistry/Pharmacy Center Dean of College of Pharmacy Ali A. El-Emam, Ph.D. Unit-Male section University of Alberta, Edmonton Department of Clinical Pharmacy Professor Department of Clinical Pharmacy Alberta T6G2N8, Canada College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry College of Pharmacy E-mail: [email protected] Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia College of Pharmacy, King Saud University King Saud University E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Awwad A. Radwan, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Associate Professor Ezzat M. Abdel-Moety, Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Technology Center (PTC) Professor of Analytical Chemistry Fars K. Alanazi, Ph.D. Jerry L. McLaughlin, Ph.D. Dr. Walid Amin Al-Kayyali Chair for Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Professor of Pharmaceutics Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy Pharmaceutical Industry Kasr El-Aini, Cairo, Egypt Department of Pharmaceutics Department of Medicinal Chemistry and College of Pharmacy, E-mail: [email protected] College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia College of Pharmacy P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451 Mohamed M. Sayed-Ahmed, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive Saudi Arabia Associate Professor of Pharmacology West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA E-mail: [email protected] Department of Pharmacology Gamal M. El Maghraby, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Department of Pharmaceutical Technology C. Vijaya Raghavan, Ph.D. P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia College of Pharmacy, University of Tanta Mahmoud N. Nagi, Ph.D. Vice Principal, E-mail: [email protected] Tanta, Egypt Professor Professor of Pharmaceutics E-mail: [email protected] Department of Pharmacology PSG College of Pharmacy Mohammed N. Al-Ahdal, Ph.D. College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004 Principal Scientist Hanaa A. M. Elsaghir, Ph.D. P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia India King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Professor E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Research Center, P.O. Box 3354 Department of Pharmaceutics Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Sherif A. F. Rostom, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Professor E-mail: [email protected] Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Ahmed Al-jedai, Pharm. D., M.B.A., BCPS,FCCP Faculty of Pharmacy Associate Professor Hussein I. El-Subbagh, Ph.D. King Abdulaziz University Director of Pharmacy Division Professor P.O. Box 80205, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry E-mail: [email protected] Transplant Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & College of Medicine- Al Faisal University & Pharmaceutical Industries Othman Al-Shabanah, Ph.D. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Future University Professor Research Centre Cairo 12311, Egypt Department of Pharmacology P.O. Box 3354 MBC # 11 E-mail: [email protected] College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected] Hanan H. Hagar, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Associate Professor of Pharmacology Abdulqader Abdulrahman AlHaidar, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology Abdel Aziz M. Wahbi, Ph.D., CChem,FRSC Professor College of Medicine Emeritus Professor Department of Pharmacology King Khalid University Hospital Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria College of Medicine, King Saud University King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925 Alexandria 21521, Egypt P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Adnan Kadi, Ph.D. Mohsen A. Bayomi, Ph.D. Tarek Aboul-Fadl, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Professor Professor Vice Dean for Development and Quality Department of Pharmaceutics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry College of Pharmacy, King Saud University College of Pharmacy College of Pharmacy P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia King Saud University King Saud University E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia P.O. 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