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Details progress in pharmaceutical technology for drug delivery systems and new drug targeting strategies. Relates importance, fabrication technology, characterization, evaluation, therapeutic applications, and future perspectives.
List of contents
1. Solid Oral Drug Delivery System. 2. Micro-Carrier Drug Delivery Systems. 3. Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. 4. Recent Advances in Transdermal Drug Delivery System: Management of Skin Diseases. 5. Hydrogel as a Drug Carrier System. 6. Liposomes as a Drug Carrier. 7. Polymeric Micelle System for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications. 8. Niosomes as Candidate Carriers in Imaging and Drug Delivery. 9. Complex Coacervates for Controlled Drug Delivery. 10. Polymer Grafting in Drug Delivery. 11. Inter-Penetrating Polymer Network (IPN) for Drug Delivery. 12. Polyelectrolyte Complex for Controlled Drug Delivery.
About the author
Sougata Jana, PhD, has spent 15 years in pharmacy, including teaching, research, and health services. He is affiliated with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate of Health Services, Kolkata, West Bengal. India. Dr. Jana has published over 30 research and review articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has edited 15 books and published more than 45 book chapters. A reviewer for several international journals, Dr. Jana is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and holds an associateship with the Institution of Chemists (AIC), India. Dr. Jana is working on drug delivery science and technology, including modification of synthetic and natural biopolymers, microparticles, nanoparticles, and semisolids and interpenetrating network systems for controlled drug delivery.
