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Drug Delivery: Advances and Emerging Strategies begins with an overview on drug delivery, setting the stage for detailed discussions on oral, pulmonary, vaginal, ocular, and nasal dedicated sections. Chapters cover colonic, transdermal, transungual, brain, and nose-to-brain delivery, but also focus on vaccine delivery and organ specific delivery routes via the myocardium, kidney, liver, pancreas, buccal, sublingual, and injectable drug delivery systems. The book offers an integrated, up-to-date overview of drug delivery methods, technologies, and approaches, targeting body systems and organs. Researchers and advanced students in pharmaceutical science will benefit from this consolidated outlook.
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Oral Drug Delivery
3. Pulmonary and Lung-targeted Drug Delivery
4. Vaginal Drug Delivery
5. Ocular Drug Delivery
6. Nasal Drug Delivery
7. Drug Delivery to the Colon
8. Transdermal and Transungual Drug Delivery
9. Brain and Nose-to-Brain Drug Delivery
10. Vaccine Delivery Systems
11. Drug Delivery to the Myocardium
12. Renal Drug Delivery
13. Drug Delivery to the Liver
14. Drug Delivery to the Pancreas
15. Buccal and Sublingual Drug Delivery
16. Injectable Drug Delivery Systems
About the author
Dr. Ita holds a PhD in Pharmaceutics. His area of expertise is transdermal drug delivery. He has over 40 publications in this area and teaches Pharmaceutics to both first- and second year pharmacy students at the College of Pharmacy, Touro University, California. He joined the University in 2006 as an Assistant Professor and is now a Full Professor. He was awarded an ICRETT Fellowship by the International Union Against Cancer (IUCC).
