Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: From Precision Targeting to Intelligent Release
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 837
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The convergence of modern pharmaceutics with materials science and biotechnology is driving a paradigm shift in drug delivery, from mere “drug transportation” towards “precision theranostics”. To highlight recent breakthroughs and future perspectives, we cordially invite submissions to this Special Issue. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Targeted Delivery Systems: active and passive targeting strategies for enhanced drug accumulation at disease sites.
- Site-Specific Release Systems: spatiotemporally controlled systems (e.g., oral colon-specific, gastric retention).
- Long-Acting and Sustained-Release Formulations: systems (e.g., microspheres, implants, and nanocrystals) extending therapeutic duration.
- Stimuli-Responsive “Smart” Systems: intelligent carriers responding to endogenous (pH, enzymes) or exogenous (temperature, light) signals.
We welcome original research and high-quality reviews that advance the clinical translation of innovative delivery systems.
Prof. Dr. Shujun Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- targeted delivery
- site-specific release
- controlled release
- stimuli-responsive
- drug delivery systems
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