Drug Delivery

The drug delivery field may be about to see dramatic shifts in accepted modalities. Nanoparticles, targeted delivery systems and a move from oral to transdermal routes will all play a part in tomorrow’s drug delivery landscape.

Glass is the most important primary packaging material for injectable drugs, but the demanding requirements of today’s sensitive biologicals mean that we must consider newer, safer alternatives.

Could light-activated quantum dots put the “antibiotic apocalypse” on hold?

Solubility is a key for drug delivery but pipelines are full of compounds with poor solubility.

Samir Mitragotri talks us through his fascination with transdermal delivery.

Kirsty Gapp delves into trends and the benefits driving Transdermal and Microneedle Drug Delivery.

With clinical trials under way, the commercialization of a microneedle patch is widely anticipated.

Noven has developed around one-sixth of approved New Drug Applications for transdermal patches…

Drug delivery by inhalation promises convenience and speed in many applications from the emergency room to home-based self-administration. But to succeed, the interactions between formulation, device and metering mechanism must be perfectly balanced with human factors. These challenges are a source of fascination for those looking to deliver drugs less invasively.

New drug delivery technologies have their place, but so too do traditional needle injections…