Materials and Devices for Drug Delivery—Applications and Methods of Evaluation

Dear Colleagues,

The improvement of the therapeutic effect of a given drug has been in the scientific focus for decades. However, the current development of manufacturing and analytical methods of pharmaceutical formulations has changed the view and approach to new solutions in drug delivery. In particular, targeted/local drug delivery and personalized therapy require dedicated materials and devices. For this reason, there is a strong demand for novel solutions in this area, as well as innovative approaches to the use of existing ones. Various technologies can be used to achieve the desired functional properties, e.g., various methods of additive manufacturing.

Knowledge of mechanisms of drug delivery with controlled release kinetics is crucial for the rational design of drug delivery systems. A key issue is evaluation toward functional properties and working mechanisms in vitro or/and in vivo. Special attention should be paid to the physicochemical basis of action and drug delivery using various analytical methods, including imaging modalities (e.g., chemical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging), and to links between mechanisms and functional properties of drug delivery systems.

As the editors of this Special Issue, we are inviting research and review papers covering as broad as possible a spectrum of materials and devices dedicated to wide application in drug delivery from systemic delivery to targeted/local drug delivery and personalized therapy. Papers concerning analytical aspects of drug delivery in terms of internal structure of dosage forms, their mechanism of action or accompanying physicochemical phenomena are also welcome.

Dr. Piotr Kulinowski
Prof. Dr. Przemysław Dorożyński
Guest Editors

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