Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications II

Dear Colleagues,

Polymers are widely used in pharmaceutical applications. It is difficult to imagine a modern dosage form which could be prepared completely without the use of polymers. Polymers could play different roles in the design of pharmaceutical dosage forms. They can be used as suspending, emulsifying, binding, and flocculating agents, and as adhesives, packaging, and coating materials. They can also be used to make gels, nanoparticles, microparticles, and various capsules. Some functional polymers also exhibit intrinsic biological activity (e.g., materials with antimicrobial or anticoagulant properties). There are also numerous applications of polymers in the design of advanced drug delivery systems. These include conjugates of drugs and other biopharmaceutical agents with polymers, in situ gelling systems, nano- and microparticles functionalized with various ligands to achieve drug targeting, multistage delivery systems, etc.

All these potential pharmaceutical applications of polymers will be covered in this Special Issue, which welcomes the submission of both reviews and original research articles in this area.

Prof. Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy
Guest Editor

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