Drug Delivery Systems
Fundamentals and Techniques
Published on 3. February 1988
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-3-527-26558-9 (ISBN)
Description
Seventeen articles survey from a multidisciplinary perspective site-specific, implantable, oral, and other non-invasive drug delivery systems. The chapters are based on up-to-date information and in several cases form comprehensive reviews of current progress in the field with appropriate glimpses into the future.
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Content
Drug Delivery - Where Now?; Biological Opportunities for Site-Specific Drug Delivery Using Particulate Carriers; Therapeutic Utility of Liposomes; Monoclonal Antibodies as Carriers for Drug Delivery; Soluble Polymers as Targetable Drug Carriers; Design of Biodegradable Polymers for Controlled Release; Implantable Osmotically Powered Drug Delivery Systems; Implantable Pumps for Insulin Delivery: Current Clinical Status; Technological Advances in Oral Drug Delivery; Physiological and Physicochemical Factors in Drug Release in the Gastrointestinal Tract; Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Transit and Release Characteristics of Drugs; Mucoadhesive Polymers in Drug Delivery Systems; Use of Hydrogels; Transdermal Drug Delivery; Recent Advances in Intranasal Drug Delivery Systems; New Systems for the Ocular Delivery of Drugs; Overview.