Recent Advances Using Enhancement Strategies and Technologies for Topical Drug Delivery
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 6197
Special Issue Editors
Interests: topical drug delivery; minimally invasive drug delivery; iontophoresis; development of innovative formulations; nanoformulations; novel biological barrier models
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pharmaceutical technology has been devoted to developing strategies and technologies to enhance the amount of drug permeating through external tissues such as the skin, eyes, nails, vaginal and buccal cavity. As accessible tissues, these body parts have inherent protective physiological functions and are natural barriers for drug penetration. For a long time, technological approaches have focused on using formulations, designs and excipients for circumventing such protective functions, e.g., increasing formulation residence time, consequently enhancing drug penetration amounts, or deliberately altering the barrier function of these tissues. Significant progress has been made over the years, specifically applying drug delivery nano systems that can have multiple mechanisms for enhancing drug delivery. In addition, traditional technologies used for topical drug delivery enhancement have been evaluated for other purposes, e.g., improving gene transfection efficiency and others.
This Special Issue aims to reunite recent research studies that represent advancements achieved with the use of enhancement strategies and technologies for drug delivery or for the development of the technology itself, possibly opening novel possibilities for therapies and applications. We invite articles on all aspects of improved topical drug delivery, with an emphasis on formulation strategy, performance analysis or on the use of physical enhancement technologies and its applications.
We look forward to your reply.
Dr. Taís Gratieri
Prof. Dr. Guilherme M. Gelfuso
Guest Editors
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