Table 1. Dosage forms and corresponding quality-control procedures considered in a review of pharmacopeial monographs, 2017.

Main category of dosage form	Equivalent dosage forms	Common quality-control procedures
Injection	Powder for injection, solutions for infusions, parenteral formulations	Identity, assay, impurities, particulate matter, sterility, bacterial endotoxins
Oral liquid	Oral solution, oral suspension, oral drops, powder for oral solution, powder for oral suspension, syrup	Identity, assay, impurities
Eye drops	Ophthalmic suspension, ophthalmic solution	Identity, assay, impurities
Solid oral dosage forms	Any form of tablet, including scored and unscored tablets, capsules and lozenges	Identity, assay, impurities, dissolution, disintegration