Polymeric Film-Based Drug Delivery Systems
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 163
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymeric films; microparticles; drug delivery; controlled release; antifungal agents
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric films are drug delivery systems that can improve the dissolution rate or maintain a controlled release of drugs when in contact with specific tissues. Most of them are applied directly to the site to be treated to obtain a topical effect, but in some cases, depending on the loaded drug and the structure and conformation of the matrix, it is possible to obtain a systemic treatment. Thus, the films may remain in the application site, releasing the drug for a prolonged amount of time, increasing the local or systemic bioavailability of the therapeutic agent and reducing the numbers of applications respect to a conventional treatment. These therapeutic films can be manufactured using various methods, loaded with different drugs and applied by different routes, such as via the oral mucosa, eyeballs and vaginal canal, among others.
This Special Issue will cover the different topics of "Polymeric Film-Based Drug Delivery Systems" in order to explore the methods of transporting, protecting and modifying the release of the loaded drug, which in turn will help to improve its therapeutic efficacy.
Prof. Dr. Darío Leonardi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymeric films
- drug delivery
- controlled release
- solvent casting
- 3D bioprinting
- electrospinning
- hot melt extrusion
