This document provides an overview of pharmaceutical analysis. It discusses the definition of pharmaceutical analysis as involving the science of extraction, preparation, and purification of substances used in medicines. Pharmaceutical analysis is divided into qualitative analysis, which identifies components, and quantitative analysis, which estimates quantities. Analytical methods are classified as chemical methods including volumetric, gravimetric, and gasometric techniques, instrumental or physicochemical methods, microbiological methods, and biological methods. Common instrumental analytical methods measure electrical potential, conductance, or current using instruments like potentiometers, conductometers, and polarography/voltammetry. The document will continue discussing these topics in the next video.