The document discusses stability testing of drug substances and products. It aims to provide evidence on how quality varies over time under different environmental factors, and to establish a retest or shelf life period and recommended storage conditions.
It also discusses reaction rates and orders. The rate of a reaction depends on the concentrations of reactants raised to powers equal to their molecule numbers. When one reactant is in great excess, the reaction follows pseudo-first order kinetics.
Zero-order kinetics apply when the reaction rate is independent of concentration, such as for suspensions where solubility keeps the concentration constant. Shelf life is the time for 10% decomposition.