Advances in Delivery Systems for Antidiabetic Drugs and Beyond Glycaemic Control
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editors
2. Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Bldg 305, Room 124, Bentley 6102, Australia
Interests: pharmaceutical innovation; diabetes; biopolymers
2. Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Bldg 305, Room 124, Bentley 6102, Australia
3. Faculty of Pharmacy, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Interests: drug delivery; nanoparticles; diabetes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diabetes is a serious endocrinological disease that affects many body organs. Early diagnosis and suitable treatment are highly recommended to prevent the sequelae of this metabolic disorder. Researchers over decades have attempted to optimise the pharmacological benefits of different therapeutics, peptides and herbal isolates to either reverse the hyperglycaemic state or to maintain normoglycaemia over long periods of time. Such scrutinised physiological control could only be achieved through advanced pharmaceutical delivery systems and new platforms in the therapeutic delivery of antidiabetic agents. This Special Issue is aiming to highlight the state-of-the art drug delivery systems, platforms and devices for antidiabetic therapeutics. This Special Issue covers the application of pharmaceutical technologies employed in the advancements of the therapeutic delivery of insulin, biguanides, sulfonylureas, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors, thiazolidinediones and herbal isolates.
This issue covers but is not limited to the following:
- Novel approaches in medical devices and diagnostics of diabetes.
- Novel pharmaceutical scaffolds for targeted drug delivery of anti-diabetics.
- Novel implantable devices, inserts and transdermal patches of antidiabetics.
- Novel injectable, rectal, sublingual and other pharmaceutical routes that bypass hepatic metabolism of antidiabetics.
- Novel micro/ nanoscale biomaterials and biodegradable polymers employed in antidiabetic delivery.
- New formulation approaches of antidiabetics such as pH-responsive systems and 3D printing.
- New functionalised polymers/biopolymers, self-assembly and electrospinning approaches of anti-diabetics.
- Novel pharmaceutical coatings for site specific anti-diabetic release.
- The use of AI in pharmaceutical design and optimisation of the delivery and the pharmacokinetics of anti-diabetic agents.
- Pharmaceutical technologies for optimised pharmacokinetics of anti-diabetic agents.
- New therapeutic applications and novel findings of old antidiabetic agents beyond the glycaemic effects.
The issue welcomes original research papers, mini-review articles, short communications, expert opinions, and critical reviews.
Dr. Ahmed Gedawy
Prof. Dr. Crispin R. Dass
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diabetes
- biopolymers
- patches
- nanocarriers
- inserts
- pharmacokinetics
- diagnostics
- devices
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