National Symposium of Italian Pharmaceutical Technology Association (ADRITELF)

Dear Colleagues,

From many years, Italian research in drug delivery holds an important position both in national and international field. The reason of this success is related to the originality and continuous innovation of the systems that are proposed for modified and/or controlled release of bioactive molecules, as conventional drugs, peptides, genic material. In many cases, to prepare these systems, biocompatible polymers (natural, synthetic and their combination) are used. The polymeric material, appropriately chosen (or synthesized) confers peculiar properties to the system, e.g. biocompatibility, biodegradability (if necessary), targeting towards pathological site, prolonged blood circulation time, etc. Similarly, the use of lipids, phospholipids, cyclic oligosaccharides, gives the opportunity to prepare optimal systems for the drug delivery. By using the appropriate biomaterials and preparation/synthetic procedures, it is possible to obtain systems with different shape and size ranging from nanometer to macroscopic scale.

The aim of this special issue is to present the emerging approaches of Italian research groups  in the field of drug delivery with a particular emphasis on the employment of new technologies for this purpose.

Prof. Dr. Nevio Picci
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Pitarresi
Guest Editors

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