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Pharmaceutics, Volume 13, Issue 6

June 2021 - 156 articles

Cover Story: Orally dispersible films (ODFs), which offer convenient, customizable, patient-compliant drug delivery, are shown by us to be a robust platform for poorly soluble drugs using surface functionalized nanoparticles or dry-coated microparticles. Here, the most suitable mixer at proper critical process parameters (CPPs), we show that drug powder pre-treatment may be eliminated without compromising uniform drug dispersion within film precursors, leading to excellent drug content uniformity (CU) even at very low drug concentrations. Furthermore, to facilitate potential in-line process analytical technology (PAT), it was demonstrated that adequate mixedness within the film precursor is a sufficient condition to achieve acceptable CU for the final film product. View this paper.
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Articles (156)

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,336 Views
10 Pages

Development and Evaluation of a Human Skin Equivalent in a Semiautomatic Microfluidic Diffusion Chamber

  • Júlia Tárnoki-Zách,
  • Elod Mehes,
  • Zsófia Varga-Medveczky,
  • Dona Greta Isai,
  • Nandor Barany,
  • Edina Bugyik,
  • Zsolt Revesz,
  • Sándor Paku,
  • Franciska Erdo and
  • Andras Czirok

There is an increasing demand for transdermal transport measurements to optimize topical drug formulations and to achieve proper penetration profile of cosmetic ingredients. Reflecting ethical concerns the use of both human and animal tissues is beco...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,425 Views
15 Pages

Aberrant choline metabolism, characterized by an increase in total choline-containing compounds, phosphocholine and phosphatidylcholine (PC), is a metabolic hallmark of carcinogenesis and tumor progression. This aberration arises from alterations in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,811 Views
16 Pages

Direct Powder Extrusion of Paracetamol Loaded Mixtures for 3D Printed Pharmaceutics for Personalized Medicine via Low Temperature Thermal Processing

  • Xabier Mendibil,
  • Gaizka Tena,
  • Alaine Duque,
  • Nerea Uranga,
  • Miguel Ángel Campanero and
  • Jesús Alonso

Three-dimensional printed drug development is nowadays an active area in the pharmaceutical industry, where the search for an appropriate edible carrier that permits the thermal processing of the mixture at temperature levels that are safe for the dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,049 Views
20 Pages

Preclinical Assessment of Ursolic Acid Loaded into Nanostructured Lipid Carriers in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis

  • Jéssica Adriana Jesus,
  • Ilza Maria Oliveira Sousa,
  • Thays Nicolli Fragoso da Silva,
  • Aurea Favero Ferreira,
  • Márcia Dalastra Laurenti,
  • Leila Antonangelo,
  • Caroline Silvério Faria,
  • Paulo Cardoso da Costa,
  • Domingos de Carvalho Ferreira and
  • Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero

Ursolic acid, a triterpene produced by plants, displayed leishmanicidal activity in vitro and in vivo; however, the low solubility of this triterpene limits its efficacy. To increase the activity of ursolic acid (UA), this triterpene was entrapped in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,766 Views
15 Pages

Topical Nanoemulgel for the Treatment of Skin Cancer: Proof-of-Technology

  • Sreeharsha Nagaraja,
  • Girish Meravanige Basavarajappa,
  • Mahesh Attimarad and
  • Swati Pund

The present study is a mechanistic validation of ‘proof-of-technology’ for the effective topical delivery of chrysin nanoemulgel for localized, efficient treatment of melanoma-affected skin. Background: Currently available treatments for skin cancer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,476 Views
19 Pages

Previous in vivo and ex vivo studies have tested nasal sprays with varying head positions to enhance the olfactory delivery; however, such studies often suffered from a lack of quantitative dosimetry in the target region, which relied on the observer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,669 Views
17 Pages

Dexamethasone-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

  • Sangeeta Kumari,
  • Madhuri Dandamudi,
  • Sweta Rani,
  • Elke Behaeghel,
  • Gautam Behl,
  • David Kent,
  • Niall J. O’Reilly,
  • Orla O’Donovan,
  • Peter McLoughlin and
  • Laurence Fitzhenry

Dry eye disease (DED) or keratoconjunctivitis sicca is a chronic multifactorial disorder of the ocular surface caused by tear film dysfunction. Symptoms include dryness, irritation, discomfort and visual disturbance, and standard treatment includes t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,901 Views
9 Pages

Most antiretroviral medications for human immunodeficiency virus treatment and prevention require high levels of patient adherence, such that medications need to be administered daily without missing doses. Here, a long-acting subcutaneous injection...

  • Review
  • Open Access
156 Citations
13,464 Views
50 Pages

Overview of the Most Promising Radionuclides for Targeted Alpha Therapy: The “Hopeful Eight”

  • Romain Eychenne,
  • Michel Chérel,
  • Férid Haddad,
  • François Guérard and
  • Jean-François Gestin

Among all existing radionuclides, only a few are of interest for therapeutic applications and more specifically for targeted alpha therapy (TAT). From this selection, actinium-225, astatine-211, bismuth-212, bismuth-213, lead-212, radium-223, terbium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,037 Views
21 Pages

Preclinical in vitro studies of drug candidates for anticancer therapy are generally conducted on well-established 2D cell models. Unfortunately, these models are unable to mimic the properties of in vivo tumors. However, in vitro 3D models (spheroid...

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