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Drug Delivery is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering research on all aspects of drug delivery, a core aspect of drug development. It is published by Taylor & Francis and since 2009 the editor-in-chief is Vladimir Torchilin. Biochemist Alfred Stracher founded the journal in 1997 and was its editor-in-chief until his death in ...
Drug delivery systems have been around for many years, but there are a few recent applications of drug delivery that warrant 1. Drug delivery to the brain: Many drugs can be harmful when administered systemically; the brain is very sensitive to medications and can easily cause damage if a drug is administered directly into the bloodstream.
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research involving the controlled release and delivery of drugs and other biologically active agents. [ 1 ] The editor-in-chief is H. Ghandehari.
Systems used with pH-responsive polymers include implantable hydrogels and micro- and nanoparticles. pH-responsive drug delivery systems are particularly suitable for the design of chemotherapeutic delivery systems due to the naturally low pH found in tumor microenvironments, but can be applied in other disease settings where the pH of the ...
Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing review articles covering all aspects of research on drug delivery, from initial concept to potential therapeutic application and final relevance in clinical use. It was established in 2004 and is published by Taylor and Francis Group.
This was a huge breakthrough in the nanoparticle drug delivery field, and it helped advance research and development toward clinical trials of nanoparticle delivery systems. Nanoparticles range in size from 10 - 1000 nm (or 1 μm) and they can be made from natural or artificial polymers , lipids , dendrimers , and micelles .
Osmotic release systems have a number of major advantages over other controlled-release mechanisms. They are significantly less affected by factors such as pH, food intake, GI motility, and differing intestinal environments. Using an osmotic pump to deliver drugs has additional inherent advantages regarding control over drug delivery rates.
Microspheres composed of dextran have several advantages as a drug delivery system including controlled drug release, localized drug concentration, and reduced adverse reactions. Controlled drug release by these dextran microparticles is achieved by degradation, which is the breakdown of chemical bonds in the molecular structure of the ...