Biomaterials: Pharmaceutical Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Biologics and Biosimilars".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
2. Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo en Tecnología Farmacéutica, CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, UNITEFA, Cordoba X5000HUA, Argentina
Interests: pharmaceutics; drug development; drug delivery systems; ligand–receptor interactions; nanoparticles; solid-state characterization; biodegradation; physical and chemical stability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials are natural or synthetic functional materials with intrinsic properties and remarkable versatility. In particular, their exceptional biocompatibility and biofunctions enable a wide range of applications, including supporting, enhancing, restoring, or replacing the biological functions of damaged tissues while remaining in continuous contact with body fluids. These materials offer advanced technological possibilities for innovation applied in pharmaceutical science, redefining the standards of pharmacotherapy and scientific research, with one of the most important applications being the design of controlled drug delivery systems. Other applications include tissue repair, organ regeneration, diagnostic tools, and vaccine development. Their biocompatibility is essential for ensuring their interaction with biological systems without producing adverse reactions or toxicity. Biomaterials can be used in drug delivery systems for injection, either orally or in the eye, lungs, nose, and dermis.
This Special Issue aims to elucidate the latest advances in these innovative materials, their benefits, future directions, and expanded applications, highlighting their critical relevance in the design of effective drug delivery systems to improve patient treatment across a diverse range of diseases.
Dr. Claudia Garnero
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural biomaterials
- synthetic biomaterials
- drug delivery systems
- tissue engineering
- disease diagnosis
- wound healing
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