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Pharmaceutics, Volume 12, Issue 3

March 2020 - 100 articles

Cover Story: A AuNR-based hybrid vector covered with thermosensitive polyamidoamine dendron-bearing lipids and cationic lipids was designed as a nanoplatform for a light-activatable transfection system towards spatiotemporal control of gene delivery. The hybrid vector–pDNA complexes generated heat under NIR laser irradiation and formed aggregates at high temperatures. Transfection activity of the complexes was improved considerably by short NIR laser irradiation by enhanced internalization of the complexes via hydrophobic interaction and release of pDNA. View this paper
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Articles (100)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,669 Views
4 Pages

Since my first exposure to the acronym ‘QbD’ more than ten years ago, I have been trying to understand exactly what QbD is and how I might incorporate its teachings into my twenty-odd years of experience developing transdermal systems. I...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,605 Views
12 Pages

For many chronic fibrotic conditions, there is a need for local, sustained antifibrotic drug delivery. A recent trend in the pharmaceutical industry is the repurposing of approved drugs. This paper investigates drugs that are classically used for ant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
5,223 Views
14 Pages

Crosslinked Hyaluronan Electrospun Nanofibers for Ferulic Acid Ocular Delivery

  • Maria Aurora Grimaudo,
  • Angel Concheiro and
  • Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

Electrospun nanofibers are gaining interest as ocular drug delivery platforms that may adapt to the eye surface and provide sustained release. The aim of this work was to design an innovative ophthalmic insert composed of hyaluronan (HA) nanofibers f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,122 Views
24 Pages

A small-scale biphasic dissolution setup and a small-scale dissolution-permeation (D-P) setup were evaluated for their usefulness in simulating the luminal precipitation of three lipophilic weak bases—dipyridamole, ketoconazole and itraconazole...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,093 Views
26 Pages

Predicting Pharmaceutical Particle Size Distributions Using Kernel Mean Embedding

  • Daan Van Hauwermeiren,
  • Michiel Stock,
  • Thomas De Beer and
  • Ingmar Nopens

In the pharmaceutical industry, the transition to continuous manufacturing of solid dosage forms is adopted by more and more companies. For these continuous processes, high-quality process models are needed. In pharmaceutical wet granulation, a unit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,597 Views
16 Pages

Transdermal delivery systems are emerging platforms for the delivery of donepezil hydrochloride (DH) for treating Alzheimer’s disease. The primary aim of this study was to develop polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl pyrrolidone blended hydrogels an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
302 Citations
18,118 Views
39 Pages

Drug Delivery to the Posterior Segment of the Eye: Biopharmaceutic and Pharmacokinetic Considerations

  • Rubén Varela-Fernández,
  • Victoria Díaz-Tomé,
  • Andrea Luaces-Rodríguez,
  • Andrea Conde-Penedo,
  • Xurxo García-Otero,
  • Asteria Luzardo-Álvarez,
  • Anxo Fernández-Ferreiro and
  • Francisco J. Otero-Espinar

The treatment of the posterior-segment ocular diseases, such as age-related eye diseases (AMD) or diabetic retinopathy (DR), present a challenge for ophthalmologists due to the complex anatomy and physiology of the eye. This specialized organ is comp...

  • Review
  • Open Access
98 Citations
14,670 Views
15 Pages

Cannabinoids, Blood–Brain Barrier, and Brain Disposition

  • Fabrizio Calapai,
  • Luigi Cardia,
  • Emanuela Elisa Sorbara,
  • Michele Navarra,
  • Sebastiano Gangemi,
  • Gioacchino Calapai and
  • Carmen Mannucci

Potential therapeutic actions of the cannabinoids delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are based on their activity as analgesics, anti-emetics, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-seizure compounds. THC and CBD lipophilicity and their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,843 Views
17 Pages

Characteristic of K3 (CpG-ODN) as a Transcutaneous Vaccine Formulation Adjuvant

  • Sayami Ito,
  • Sachiko Hirobe,
  • Takuto Kawakita,
  • Mio Saito,
  • Ying-Shu Quan,
  • Fumio Kamiyama,
  • Ken J. Ishii,
  • Mizuho Nagao,
  • Takao Fujisawa and
  • Masashi Tachibana
  • + 1 author

Transcutaneous immunization (TCI) is easy to use, minimally invasive, and has excellent efficacy in vaccines against infections. We focused on toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands as applicable adjuvants for transcutaneous formulations and characterized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,103 Views
16 Pages

Since sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduced blood glucose level by inhibiting renal tubular glucose reabsorption mediated by SGLT2, we aimed to investigate the pharmacokinetics and kidney distribution of DWP16001, a novel SGLT2 in...

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Pharmaceutics - ISSN 1999-4923