Capillary electrophoresis has become one of the advanced analytical methods
for drugs in pharmaceutical, therapeutic, diagnostic and forensic applicat
ions. This review discusses key issues and provides key references to the t
opic of drug analysis using capillary electrophoresis. It gives readers a b
rief summary of the current status of the technology and serves as an edito
rial for the paper symposium "Capillary electrophoresis in drug analysis".