INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

scientific commentaries on all aspects of the pharmaceutical sciences. Submission requirements specify that papers should be original, unpublished and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. This restriction does not apply to the results published as abstracts of communications, letters to editors, or as contributions to symposia. Manuscript preparation All manuscripts should be typed single-spaced with a 12-point font, including references, figure legends and tables, on page with margins of 2.5 cm on all sides. The text of the manuscript must be paginated, the first page being the title page. The file formats should be in Microsoft Word for Windows. Manuscripts should be assembled in the following order: Title page: The full title of the paper without abbreviations. The title should be as brief and informative as possible, specifying clearly the content of the article. The title page should include the names and affiliations of all authors and a running title (not more than 50 characters including spaces). Different affiliations should be indicated by numerical superscription. The full address, including e-mail, telephone and fax, of the corresponding author should be given. Abstract: The abstract should contain a brief account of the question addressed in the paper, the principal methods and results, followed by the main conclusion(s) and must not exceed 250 words. Abbreviations an