(PDF) Drug Delivery 2nd Edition by Anya M Hillery

This is the PDF eBook version for Drug Delivery – Fundamentals and Applications 2nd Edition by Anya M Hillery, Kinam Park

Table of Contents

Fundamental Issues. Introduction to Drug Delivery and Targeting Systems. Controlled Drug Release: history and future directions. Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. Improving the water-solubility of poorly soluble drugs. An overview of epithelial barriers. Parenteral Routes of Drug Delivery and Targeting. Nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Challenges and obstacles to targeted drug delivery. Depot formulations. Non-Parenteral Routes of Drug Delivery and Targeting. Oral drug delivery: targeting in the GI tract. Buccal and sublingual drug delivery. Transdermal drug delivery. Nasal drug delivery. Pulmonary drug delivery. Vaginal drug delivery. Ophthalmic drug delivery. Emerging Technologies. Stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems. Drug delivery to the CNS. Gene delivery systems. Vaccine delivery. Theranostic nanoagents. Nanotechnology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Other Issues. Rational drug discovery, design and development. Regulatory & Safety Concerns. Marketing Perspectives.