This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.
Examples: various tablets, capsules, cachets, pessaries, suppositories, tampons
The unit of presentation is usually a less granular term than the manufactured dose form, and often corresponds to the basic dose form. Strength is expressed as "per one unit of presentation" and the presentation strength and the concentration are exactly the same.
Unit of presentation
Tablet
[Pack size]
56 tablets in the container
Precise active ingredient
simvastatin
Unit of presentation
Tablet
[Pack size]
14 tablets in the blister strip 2 blister strips in the box
Basis of strength substance
simvastatin
Presentation strength (logical)
40 mg per 1 unit of presentation
Presentation strength
40 mg [per 1 tablet]
UCUM: 40 mg [per 1 each]
Concentration strength
The weight of the tablet is not usually known so concentration strength is not usually available and is not deemed clinically significant
28 tablets in the outer container
Precise active ingredient
bisoprolol fumarate
Basis of strength substance
bisoprolol fumarate
Presentation strength (logical)
5 mg per 1 unit of presentation
Presentation strength
5 mg [per 1 tablet]
UCUM: 5 mg [per 1 each]
Concentration strength
The weight of the tablet is not usually known so concentration strength is not usually available and is not deemed clinically significant
