Drug delivery : fundamentals & applications

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hillery, Anya M. (Editor), Park, Kinam (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press 2017
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Historical introduction to the field of controlled drug delivery
  • 2. Principles of controlled release
  • 3. Improving the water-solubility of poorly soluble drugs
  • 4. Overview of epithelial barriers
  • 5. Nanotechnologies for drug delivery and targeting: opportunities and obstacles
  • 6. Long-acting injections and implants
  • 7. Oral drug delivery
  • 8. Buccal and sublingual drug delivery
  • 9. Transdermal drug delivery
  • 10. Nasal drug delivery
  • 11. Pulmonary drug delivery
  • 12. Drug delivery to the famale reproductive tract
  • 13. Ophthalmic drug delivery
  • 14. Hydrogels
  • 15. Drug delivery to the central nervous system
  • 16. Gene delivery systems
  • 17. Vaccine delivery
  • 18. Theranostic nanoagents
  • 19. Nanofabrication techniques and their applications in drug delivery
  • 20. Rational drug discovery, design and development
  • 21. Commercial and regulatory development considerations for nanomedicines
  • 22. Marketing perspectives for drug delivery
  • 23. Bringing research to clinical application: lessons from ThermoDox: a thermal-sensitive liposome treatment of cancer
  • 24. Conclusions