Hillery / Park Drug Delivery

Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition
2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4822-1772-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 632 Seiten

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to advanced drug delivery and targeting, covering their principles, current applications, and potential future developments. This edition has been updated to reflect significant trends and cutting-edge advances that have occurred since the first edition was published. All the original chapters have been retained, but the material therein has been updated. Eight new chapters have been added that deal with entirely new technologies and approaches.

Zielgruppe

This book is intended for use in the pharmaceutical and formulation sciences, chemical and biomedical engineering, materials science, medicine and oncology. It also would be useful to intermediate and advanced undergraduate students, to researchers, practitioners and scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillery, Anya

Park, Kinam

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamental Issues. Introduction to Drug Delivery and Targeting Systems. Controlled Drug Release: history and future directions. Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. Improving the water-solubility of poorly soluble drugs. An overview of epithelial barriers. Parenteral Routes of Drug Delivery and Targeting. Nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Challenges and obstacles to targeted drug delivery. Depot formulations. Non-Parenteral Routes of Drug Delivery and Targeting. Oral drug delivery: targeting in the GI tract. Buccal and sublingual drug delivery. Transdermal drug delivery. Nasal drug delivery. Pulmonary drug delivery. Vaginal drug delivery. Ophthalmic drug delivery. Emerging Technologies. Stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems. Drug delivery to the CNS. Gene delivery systems. Vaccine delivery. Theranostic nanoagents. Nanotechnology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Other Issues. Rational drug discovery, design and development. Regulatory & Safety Concerns. Marketing Perspectives.

Über Autor(innen)

Anya M Hillery, Ph.D, is a professor of health sciences in the Department of Science and Engineering at Saint Louis University Madrid Campus, Spain.

James Swarbrick, Ph.D, is vice president for research and development at PharmaceuTech, Inc., a consulting company located in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA.

Kinam Park, Ph.D, is a professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.