Special Issues

Pharmaceuticals runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Natural Products for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
edited by and Vy Broadbridge
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10603 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural medicine; breast cancer; drug development; metastasis; herbal medicine; plant-derived medicine; marine-derived medicine; traditional herbal medicine; venom; poison
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Natural Coumarins as Lead Compounds and Their Synthetic Analogues with Biological Activities submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9747 | Submission Open
Keywords: coumarin; coumarin derivatives; natural products; synthesis; biological activity; drug discovery; drug candidates
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Recent Advances in Skin Drug Delivery submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7801 | Submission Open
Keywords: skin drug delivery; permeation and penetration; physical and chemical enhancers; nanoparticles and nanocarriers; 3D printed forms; microneedles; liquid crystals; sustained/controlled release; therapy ultrasound; liposomes; topical application; skin segmentation; phospholipids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Potassium Channels as Novel Therapeutic Targets submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7783 | Submission Open
Keywords: potassium channels; drug modulation; channelopathy; drug development; cardiac; neuronal; vascular; activators; inhibitors; off-target pharmacology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Novel Applications of Natural Polysaccharides for Pharmaceuticals submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3749 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural polysaccharides; biological activity; drug delivery; immunomodulation; structural activity relationship; biopharmaceutics; formulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Self-Assembled Nanoparticles: An Emerging Delivery Platform for Drugs
edited by and Xiuling Lu
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3681 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-assembly; nanomaterial; drug delivery developments; lipid nanoparticles; liposomes; polymeric nanoparticles; therapeutic delivery; miRNA delivery; preclinical and clinical translation of drug delivery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Pharmacotherapy of Dyslipidemias submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3544 | Submission Open
Keywords: atherosclerosis; dyslipidemia; endothelial dysfunction; fatty acids; high-fat diet; hyperlipidemia; hypertriglyceridemia; polyunsaturated fatty acids; PUFA; statins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Pharmacological Therapeutic Strategies and Drug Delivery for Craniofacial District
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3093 | Submission Open
Keywords: craniofacial district; natural products; drug delivery; TMD; oral surgery; oral cavity; temporomandibular disorder; oral pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Current Frames on Cardiotoxicology of New and Old Anticancer Drugs
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2684 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardio-oncology; anticancer therapies; cardiac dysfunction; hypertension; heart failure; intercellular communication; treatment; prevention; diagnosis; cardiac remodelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Applications of Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in Drug Analysis
edited by Isabela Tarcomnicu and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open
Keywords: pharmaceutical analysis; bioanalysis; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; impurities; bioavailability; metabolism; environmental fate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Nanotechnology for Drug and Gene Delivery
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1389 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoparticles; drug and gene delivery; cancer therapy; chemotherapy; radiotherapy; immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Green Techniques for Organic and Organometallic/Coordination Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1008 | Submission Open
Keywords: green chemistry; medicinal chemistry; organometallic synthesis; coordination synthesis; organic synthesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
New Endogenous Opioid Peptides and Peptidomimetics with Potential Biological Importance submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open
Keywords: endogenous peptides; opioid peptides; metallopeptides; peptidomimetics; neuropeptides; peptide– metal complexes; opioid receptors; chemical biology of endogenous peptides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Recent Advances in the Discovery and Development of Drugs for Civilization Diseases submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 924 | Submission Open
Keywords: anticancer drugs; anticancer treatment; anticoagulants; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; civilization diseases; diabetes mellitus; drug development; in silico research; medication form/drug dosage form; molecular descriptors; molecular docking; molecular dynamics; molecular modeling; neoplastic disease; obesity; QSAR; radiopharmaceuticals; synthesis of bioactive compounds; type 2 diabetes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Novel Candidates for the Drug Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open
Keywords: Alzheimer’ s disease; immunotherapy; drug delivery; amyloid beta; cholinesterase inhibitors; novel therapeutics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Application of Membrane Transporters in Drug Development
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane transporters; ABC; SLC; transporter-mediated drug; drug– drug interaction; drug development; pharmacological barriers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Discovery of Glucosidase Inhibitors and Other Targets as Potential Antidiabetic Agents submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open
Keywords: diabetes mellitus; diabetes complications; glucosidase inhibitors; antidiabetic agents; molecular mechanism; new drug development; pharmacology; molecular docking assays
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Emerging Freeze Drying and Spray Drying Techniques submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open
Keywords: freeze drying; spray drying; microencapsulation; emulsions; herbal extracts; essential oil; natural ingredients; active ingredients; wall materials; polysaccharides; powders; physicochemical characteristics; microparticles; encapsulation efficiency; biological activity; pharmaceutical forms (tablets; capsules; solutions; gels; etc.); study of stability; study of release in vitro; active compound(s) and wall material interaction; morphology of microparticles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Pharmacotherapy of Muscle Dystrophies submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: muscular dystrophy; therapy; skeletal muscle; pharmacologic development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Potential Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Tumor Progression submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: extracellular vesicles (EVs); exosomes; circulating biomarkers; cancer therapeutics; tumor microenvironment; metastasis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Recent Advances of Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Enzyme Inhibitors: Recent Advances in the Anticancer Research submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: anticancer drugs; cancer therapy; drug discovery; enzyme inhibitor; synthesis; structure– activity relationships; natural compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Chemometrics in Pharmaceutical Research
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemometrics; metabolomics; fingerprint; principle component analysis (PCA); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA); orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA); artificial neural networks (ANNs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Dopamine Receptors and Their Heteroreceptor Complexes Give Novel Targets for Drug Development submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: dopamine; dopamine receptors; receptor oligomerization; Parkinson’ s disease; schizophrenia; anxiety; depression; drug addiction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Neuromodulating Bioactive Cerebral Pathways as Potential Cognitive Therapeutics submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: cognitive disorders; neurotransmission; hormones; neuropeptides; neurodegeneration; dysconnectivity; inflammation; transduction; drugs; models; trial
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Nanoparticles & Nanoparticles-Based Drug Targeting
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemokines; chemokine receptors; cancer; inflammatory; cytokines; ligand; signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Targeted and Bioresponsive Drug Delivery System for Cancer Multidrug Resistance
edited by Golam Kibria
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer multidrug resistance; bioresponsive materials; targeted drug delivery; bioresponsive DDS; challenges to bioresponsive DDS; future direction of bioresponsive DDS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Artificial Intelligence Applied to Medicinal Chemistry and Structural Biology submission deadline 1 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14391 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; artificial neural network; decision tree; instance-based algorithm; medicinal chemistry; structural biology; molecular simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Ketamine and Ketamine Metabolite Pharmacology submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13473 | Submission Open
Keywords: antidepressants; depression; ketamine; ketamine metabolites; pharmacology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Novel Insights into Tuberculosis Research and Drug Discovery
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7392 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberculosis; mycobacterium tuberculosis; drug target; antitubercular; prodrug; drug metabolism; drug delivery; antitubercular resistance; drug development; drug resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Recent Advances in Ocular Drug Delivery Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7009 | Submission Open
Keywords: eye/ocular drug delivery systems; ocular nanomedicine; ocular diagnosis and theragnostics; ocular gene therapy; blood– aqueous barrier; blood– retina barrier; minimally or noninvasive methods; nAMD; glaucoma; retinopathy; dry eye syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Histamine Receptor Ligands in Medicinal Chemistry submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5130 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug discovery; histamine; receptors; biogenic amines; ligands; antagonist/inverse agonist; affinity/potency; intrinsic activity; pharmacological evaluation; pharmacokinetic evaluation; SAR; CNS diseases; anticancer ligands; allergy; neurodegeneration; cognitive functions; multitarget ligands; molecular modeling; in vitro studies; in silico studies; in vivo studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Carbohydrate-Based Drugs 2023 submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3558 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbohydrates; carbohydrate hybrids; nanosystems; carbohydrate-based polymers; prodrugs; anti-inflammatory activity; antimicrobial activity; anticancer activity; pharmacokinetics profile; drug targeting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Amyloid Beta: New Rational Structure-Based Therapeutic Development submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open
Keywords: amyloid beta; Alzheimer’ s disease; foldamers; structure-based therapeutics; neurodegeneration; secondary structure; peptidomimetics; protein– protein interactions; molecular modelling; biophysical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Development of Medicines for Rare Pediatric Diseases II submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric formulations; drug-delivery design in pediatrics; orphan drugs; rare-disease treatment; the pharmacology and toxicology of drugs and excipients in pediatrics; translational research in pediatrics; pediatric drug targeting; extemporaneous pediatric preparations compounded in hospital pharmacies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Inflammasomes as the Target of Pharmacotherapy submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4727 | Submission Open
Keywords: cytokines; inflammasome; inflammation; interleukin; molecule inhibitor; rehabilitation; targeted therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Advances in Medicinal Chemistry
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3307 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug discovery; novel drug targets; drug discovery; drug design and development; synthetic methods for drugs; analytical methodologies; in silico screening; structure and ligand-based drug design; structure– activity relationships (SAR); drug metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Antidepressant Drug
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open
Keywords: antidepressant; molecular mechanism of drugs; new targets for depression treatment; depression; MDD; animal models of depression; nutrition in depression; small molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) in Drug Delivery
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open
Keywords: MOFs; drug delivery; drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Advanced Strategies in Drug Design and Development of Small Molecules as Therapeutic Agents
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Pharmacotherapy of Neuropathic Pain submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8767 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuropathy; nerve damage; somatosensory system; pharmacology; natural products; lipid mediators; biologicals; anticonvulsants; cannabinoids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Antimicrobial Peptides and Proteins: A Potential Approach to Treat and Combat Antimicrobial Resistance submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6151 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial peptides; host defense peptides; cryptides; antimicrobial peptidomimetics; endotoxin neutralization; antibiofilm activity; wound healing; antibiotic resistance; membrane-disrupting peptides; molecular targets of AMPs; medical device contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Metal Nanoparticles’ Biological Activity and Pharmaceutical Applications submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2482 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal nanoparticles; redox reactions; biological activity; pharmaceuticals; cytotoxicity; antibacterial effect; oxidative stress; disease; safety; in vivo applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Potential Applications of Ionic Liquids in Drug Synthesis and Drug Delivery Systems submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1662 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid state pharmaceuticals; liquid co-crystals; ionic liquids; drug delivery systems; liquid drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Cardiovascular Diseases: Where Do We Stand with Human-Derived Stem Cells? submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: hiPSC; regenerative medicine; personalized medicine; cardiovascular disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Targeted Therapies for Epilepsy
edited by , and Chiara Lucchi
submission deadline 22 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy; neurological disorder; spontaneous recurrent seizures; epileptogenesis; antiepileptogenic medications; antiseizure medications; drug-resistant epilepsy; adverse effects; drug discontinuation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and VEGF Receptor Inhibitors in Health and Disease
edited by
submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12473 | Submission Open
Keywords: vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs); vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs); placental growth factor (PlGF); cytokines; inhibitors; protein– protein interaction inhibitors; small molecules; peptides; antibodies; aptamers; targeted delivery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
EPH and Ephrins in Pathogenesis and as Drug Target submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4233 | Submission Open
Keywords: Eph– ephrin; drug discovery; pharmacokinetic; kinases; signaling; PPI inhibitors; peptides; antibodies; small molecules; targeting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels as Novel Therapeutic Targets
edited by
submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2446 | Submission Open
Keywords: TRP channels; signalling pathways; tumoral process; pain; migration; apoptosis; inflammation; oxidative stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
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