Pharmaceutics - Delivery and Targeting

FASTtrack is a new series of indispensable revision guides created especially for undergraduate pharmacy students. The content of each title focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples.

The title is a basic revision guide in Pharmaceutics and the delivery and targeting of drugs. It will complement FASTtrack: Pharmaceutics - Dosage Form and Design by David Jones.

Contents:

Introduction to Drug Delivery

Controlling the release of a drug

Site-directed Drug Delivery

Chemical Targeting

Biochemical Targeting

Particle Drug Delivery

Surfactant based carriers

Polymeric systems and Biomaterials

Gene Therapy

Conclusions and answers to MCQ