Pharmaceutics

Advanced Polymeric Materials as Therapeutic Agents

edited by

, William Facchinatto and Regiane Godoy de Lima

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomaterial; biopolymers; photodynamic inactivation; nanotechnology; drug delivery; polymer– drug conjugates; spectroscopic characterization; theragnostic; tissue engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing and Devices)

Nanomaterials Application as Drug Delivery Systems to the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Emma Ortiz-Islas

,

Victoria Campos-Peña

and

Citlali Ekaterina Rodríguez Pérez

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1539 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; drug delivery; neurodegenerative diseases; blood-brain barrier; functionalization; neuronal death; biocompatible

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

MicroRNAs in Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by

Luis A. Salazar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer therapy; miRNA mimics; miRNA delivery; oligoribonucleotide; siRNA-like oligoribonucleotide; drug delivery; therapy resistance; miRNA antagonists; viral vectors; LNA-modified oligonucleotides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)

Strategies for the Next Generation of Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Utilizing Tumor Immunology and Microenvironmental Factors in ADC Design

edited by Zoltan Szekely and Stephen K. Burley

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibody– drug conjugate; bio-conjugation; bispecific ADCs; linker design; cytotoxic payloads; dual-drug ADCs; probody– drug conjugates; tumor immunology; tumor microenvironment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Pharmaceutics)

Synthesis of Microfluidic-Based Nanoparticles and Their Potential Applications in Drug Delivery Systems

edited by

Rita Muzzalupo

and

Elisabetta Mazzotta

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: microfluidics; lipids; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; drug delivery; polymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Advances in Oral Delivery of Lipid Nanoparticles for Treating Inflammatory Diseases

edited by

Dingpei Long

and Junsik Sung

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral administration; inflammatory diseases; targeted drug delivery; lipid nanoparticles; engineered lipid nanoparticles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles as Carriers for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

edited by Aline Martins dos Santos, Leonardo Miziara Barboza Ferreira and Eleonora Maretti

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: chitosan; nanoparticles; pre-formulation; drug delivery; anti-cancer; anti-inflammatory; biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Advanced Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Immunotherapy

edited by

Xuejia Kang

,

Yongjun Wang

and Peng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug delivery systems; Immunotherapy; nanocarrier; bioavailability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Targeted Delivery of Genes

edited by

Caroline Curtin

and

Anjuman Ara Begum

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: targeting; disease targeting; organ targeting; tissue or cell targeting; oligonucleotides; mRNA; CRISPR; nanoparticle; lipid nanoparticle (LNP); delivery system; siRNA; microRNA; antisense RNA; plasmid DNA; delivery vector

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)

Stem Cell Therapy and Nanodelivery Systems for Tissue Engineering

edited by

Yoshie Arai

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomaterials; multipotent stem cells; tissue regeneration; adult stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; cell engineering; tissue engineering; organoid

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Targeting Protein Aggregation and Degradation in Age-Related Diseases

edited by Martín Hugo and

Javier Garcia-Pardo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; aggregation inhibitor; alzheimer disease; amyloidoses; antioxidant compounds; anti-inflammatory; autophagy; α -synucleinopathies; cell signaling; cysteine; drug delivery; drug discovery; high-throughput screening; nanotechnology; neurodegenerative diseases; oxidation; parkinson’ s disease; phase separation; protease inhibitor; proteasome; proteostasis; protein aggregation; redox; stress granule

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Cyclodextrins and Their Pharmaceutical Applications

edited by

Thorsteinn Loftsson

and Renata Maria Văruț

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyclodextrin complexes; drug delivery systems; pharmaceutical applications; solubility enhancement; therapeutic efficacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Drug Delivery Systems for Respiratory Diseases

edited by

Mershen Govender

and

Yahya E. Choonara

submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7364 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug delivery; pulmonary; respiratory system; bacterial and viral infections; lung cancer; autoimmune conditions; asthma; COPD; nanosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Nanoparticles: Technology and Therapeutic Applications in Human Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

edited by Margarita López-Viota and

Francisco Rivas

submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; infectious disease; parasitic disease; nanotechnology; bioenhancers; biological availability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Physical and Chemical Stability of Drug Formulation

edited by

Philippe-Henri Secretan

and

Hassane Sadou Yayé

submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 511 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug stability; solid state; stress testing; degradation pathways; structural elucidation; preformulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Pharmacy and Formulation)

Advances in Granulation Processes in Pharmaceutical Formulation Systems

edited by Krunoslav Žižek and

Rachel Smith

submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: granulation; drug formulation; tableting; process modelling; process optimization; scale-up

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing and Devices)

Natural and/or Synthetic-Based Nanostructured Systems as Drug Delivery Platforms

edited by

Esteban F. Durán-Lara

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8574 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis and characterization; rational design and modelling studies; stimuli-responsive hydrogels; nanocomposites; dendrimers; polymeric nanoparticles; micelles; liposomes; targeted or localized and controlled drug and gene delivery; etc.; tissue engineering; anticancer treatments; antimicrobial treatments; immunomodulate treatments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Serpins: Therapeutic Targets for Various Diseases

edited by

Crispin R. Dass

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7291 | Submission Open

Keywords: serpins; serine protease inhibitors; disease; cancer; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; inflammatory disease; therapy; drug development; oxidative stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Recent Advances in Nanoparticles for Therapy and Diagnosis in Nanomedicine

edited by

Lionel Gamarra

,

João Paulo Borges

,

Luiz Cláudio Rodrigues Pereira Da Silva

and

Javier Bustamante Mamani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7116 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; nanomedicine; therapy; diagnosis; theranostic; cancer; neurodegenerative diseases; cardiovascular diseases; infectious disease; nanotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Biomedical Applications: Advances in Bioengineering and Drug Delivery

edited by María Carolina Otero and

Yusser Olguín

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5220 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedicine; tissue engineering; biomaterials; drug carrier; biological therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology Therapeutics

edited by

Hyun-ouk Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4710 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; cancer treatment; drug delivery systems; diagnostic imaging; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Impact of Raw Material Properties on Solid Dosage Form Processes

edited by

Valérie Vanhoorne

and

Fanny Stauffer

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4354 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceutical technology; material science; powder; drug product process development; quality-by-design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Pharmacy and Formulation)

Advances in Liposomes for Drug Delivery

edited by

Sophia G. Antimisiaris

,

Athanasios Skouras

and

Antonia Marazioti

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: liposomes; drug delivery; liposome-based therapeutics; controlled release; liposome technology; encapsulation; liposome stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Formulation Strategies to Optimize Drug Pharmacokinetics and Improve Therapeutic Outcomes

edited by

David R. Taft

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2046 | Submission Open

Keywords: formulation development; pharmacokinetics; biopharmaceutics; in vitro/in vivo extrapolation/correlation; bioavailability; modified release

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics)

Applications of Dendrimers in Biomedicine, 2nd Edition

edited by

Felicia-Gabriela Gligor

,

,

,

,

and

Carmen Maximiliana Dobrea

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrimers; dendritic polymers; nanostructures; carriers; synthesis; characterization; imaging agents; regenerative medicine; nanomedicine; cosmetics; drug delivery; biological properties; drug therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Recent Advances in Biomaterials for Wound Healing

edited by Rodrigo Silveira Vieira and Niédja Fittipaldi Vasconcelos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: dressings; biomaterials; therapeutic agents; antimicrobial; anti-inflammatory; debridement; infected lesion; drug delivery; tissue regeneration; wound healing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

New Strategies to Improve Oral Drug Delivery for Disease Treatment

edited by

Lin Mei

and Yining Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral delivery; gastrointestinal diseases; chronic diseases; gastrointestinal tract; biologic agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Research on the Design of New Metal-Based Antitumor Drugs

edited by

Galina G. Gencheva

and Paulina Gorolomova

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal-based antitumor drugs; transition metal complexes; synthesis and physicochemical properties; structural diversity and characterization; antiproliferative effects; mechanisms of cytotoxicity and common toxicity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Trends in Medicinal Plant-Based Formulations and Drug Delivery Systems for Theranostic Applications

edited by Kristina Ramanauskienė, Liudas Ivanauskas and

Daiva Majienė

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; natural carriers; nanocarriers; drug development; phytochemical characterization; anticancer activity; bioavailability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Electroporation-Mediated Drug and Gene Delivery

edited by

Veronika Malyško-Ptašinskė

and

Anna Choromańska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroporation; drug delivery; gene electrotransfer; electrochemotherapy; pulsed electric field; gene delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Pharmaceutical Compounding and Development of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products: From Bench to Bedside

edited by

Edwin Bremer

,

Bahez Gareb

and Hugo Calderón

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: ATMPs; manufacturing process; pharmaceutical compounding; product development; product characterization; process optimization; tech transfer; analytical procedures; qualification; validation; mechanism of action; CAR T cells; TILs; (viral) vectors; cell banking; regulatory aspects; hospital exemption; donor variability; comparability; point-of-care; allogenic/autologous; reconstitution/preparation for administration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Pharmaceutics)

Extracellular Vesicle-Based Delivery System for Cancer and Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment

edited by Eva Costanzi, Stefano Persano and

Stefano Leporatti

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: extracellular vesicles; liposomes; cancer; neurodegenerative diseases; immunotherapy; mRNA delivery; drug delivery system; therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)

Multi-Target Ligands Design and Targeted Drug Delivery

edited by

Katarina Nikolić

, Slavica Oljacic and Marija Popovic Nikolic

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug design; multi-target ligands; targeted drug delivery; kinases; epigenetics; cancer; neurodegeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Promising Platforms for Therapeutic Application

edited by

Samira Malekmohammadi

,

Mohsen Akbari

and

Rashid Jamshidi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoporous silica; nanoparticles; therapeutic applications; drug delivery; gene therapy; diagnostic imaging; nanotechnology; biomedical research; functionalization; nanomedicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Small-Molecule Inhibitors for Novel Therapeutics

edited by

Gustavo Provensi

and Simone Giovannuzzi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: small molecules; enzyme inhibition/activation; protein modulation; novel therapeutics; high-throughput screening; target proteins; drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Development of Novel Mitochondrial-Targeted Drug Delivery System

edited by

Carla Martins Lopes

, Pankaj Dwivedi and Burcu Uner

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial-targeted drug delivery; rare genetic diseases; cancer therapy; liposomal delivery systems; peptide-based targeting; nanoparticle-based systems; mitochondria-penetrating peptides (MPPs); mitochondrial dysfunction; apoptosis induction; drug resistance; oxidative stress; targeting ligands; CRISPR-based genome editing; personalized medicine approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Targeted Immune Modulation Strategies for Cancer, Infectious and Autoimmune Diseases

edited by Guangsheng Du and Lian Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: immune modulation; lymphoid targeting; cancer immunotherapy; autoimmune disease; vaccine delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Development of Vectors for Drug and Gene Delivery via the Nasal Route

edited by Flávia Nathiely Silveira Fachel and Roselena Silvestri Schuh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: nasal route; nose-to-brain; nanotechnology-based delivery systems; nanoparticles; nanoemulsions; liposomes; viral vectors; nonviral vectors; mucoadhesive polymers; permeation enhancers; transmucosal delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Emerging Trends in Nanocarriers for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Purposes

edited by

Raquel Silva Araújo

,

Vanessa Carla Furtado Mosqueira

and Maria Alice de Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: production process; characterization methods; surface modification; smart biodegradable polymers; biodistribution; efficacy studies; diagnostic; theranostic; PET/SPECT/MR imaging; radiolabeled nanoparticles; drying technologies; scale-up technologies; targeted therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Pharmacokinetics of Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

edited by

Paola Mian

and

Daniel J. Touw

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacokinetics; pregnancy; lactation; model-informed precision dosing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics)

Research on the Design, Development and Delivery of Topical Drugs

edited by

Daniele Ribeiro de Araujo

and

Aryane Vigato

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: skin; mucosa; topical formulations; topical drug delivery; drug design; biobarriers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Advances in Inhaled Formulations for Pulmonary Drug Delivery

edited by

Khaled Assi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: inhaled biologic; inhaled combination therapy; inhaled gene therapy; inhaled nanoparticles; novel inhalable nano-formulation; stability; solubility; smart inhalers; three-dimensional printing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Pharmacy and Formulation)

Kinase Inhibitors: Innovative Delivery Strategies and Anticancer Potential

edited by

Federica Poggialini

,

Elena Dreassi

and

Chiara Vagaggini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinase inhibitors; ADME; DMPK; formulation studies; anticancer activity; drug discovery; targeted therapy; drug delivery; innovative delivery platforms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Protein Nanoparticles: A Novel Approach to Targeted Drug Delivery

edited by Hansol Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein nanoparticle; targeted drug delivery; de novo designed protein; surface modification; bioorthgonal conjugation; targeting moieties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Effects of Obesity on Pharmacokinetics

edited by Stefan Engeli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: obesity; pharmacokinetics; ADME

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics)

Applications of Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Drug Release

edited by

Raquel De M. Barbosa

and

Rita Sánchez-Espejo

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: design; development; and characterization of drug delivery systems; drug delivery systems to overcome biological barriers; inorganic formulations; lipid-based nanoparticles; polymeric nanoparticles; lipid– polymer formulations; hybrid systems; in vitro characterization methods; in vivo assays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)

Biomaterials and Agents: Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications in Dental Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Pavel Seredin

and

Dmitry Goloshchapov

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomaterials; pharmaceutical agents; dentifrice and drugs; regeneration/restoration strategy; biomimetics; dental tissue; biomineralization; hybrid interfaces; protective layers and coatings; smart dental materials; bioresponsive biomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Advances in Antileishmania Drug Agent

edited by

Klinger Antonio Da Franca Rodrigues

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: antileishmanial activity; visceral leishmaniasis; tegumentary leishmaniasis; drug development; natural products; synthetic products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drug Targeting and Design)

Graphene and Graphene Family Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Athina Angelopoulou

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphene; graphene oxide; biomedical applications; cancer; regeneration; drug delivery; antimicrobial effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)

Advancing Biomedical Research: The Critical Role of Novel Alternative Methods (NAMs) in Replacing Animal Models in Pharmaceutical Research

edited by

Luís R. Raposo

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3R policy; 2D models using cell lines; cell and tissue culture; 3D models of cell and tissue culture; organs-on-a-chip; stem cell research; computational and mathematical models; non-invasive diagnostic imaging; stem cell research; toxicology; drug delivery systems; drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)

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