In particular the following areas are covered: -Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Synthesis, analysis and modelling of biologically active substances and pharmaceuticals -Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Biology: Isolation and structure elucidation of natural substances; morphology, systematics, taxonomy of medicinal and poisonous plants; quality of medicines of biological origin -Pharmacology: pharmacological testing of synthetic and natural products; clinical pharmacy; mechanisms of drug (inter-)actions -Pharmaceutical Technology: Strategies of drug development; controlled drug release; drug targeting -Contributions on pharmacy-didactics, pharmaeconomy, nutritional sciences, book reviews, and proposals for pharmacopoeia-monograph