Nanocrystals as a master key to deliver hydrophobic drugs via multiple administration routes

MB McGuckin, J Wang, R Ghanma, N Qin… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The poor aqueous solubility of many approved drugs and most new chemical entities poses
a challenge to drug delivery scientists working in academic and industrial labs. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent approaches for enhancing the performance of dissolving microneedles in drug delivery applications

T Bauleth-Ramos, N El-Sayed, F Fontana, M Lobita… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Dissolving microneedles (dMNs) are promising versatile drug delivery systems for the
transdermal delivery of numerous drugs, enabling their use in a wide range of biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Hollow microneedle assisted intradermal delivery of hypericin lipid nanocapsules with light enabled photodynamic therapy against skin cancer

H Abd-El-Azim, IA Tekko, A Ali, A Ramadan… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) to manage non-melanoma skin cancers has garnered great
attention over the past few years. Hypericin (Hy) is a potent lipid-soluble photosensitiser with …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in drug-and vaccine-based dissolvable microneedle materials and methods of fabrication

LE Moore, S Vucen, AC Moore - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microneedle patches, also called microarray patches (MAP), are an emerging technology for
delivery and sampling of drugs, vaccines and other materials. This review focuses on the …

Hydrogel-forming microarray patches with cyclodextrin drug reservoirs for long-acting delivery of poorly soluble cabotegravir sodium for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

F Volpe-Zanutto, LK Vora, IA Tekko… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogel-forming microarray patches (HF-MAPs) offer minimally invasive, pain-free and
prolonged drug delivery. These devices are designed to be self-administered and self …

Hydrogel-forming microneedles for rapid and efficient skin deposition of controlled release tip-implants

K Peng, LK Vora, J Domínguez-Robles… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we introduce, for the first time, novel hybrid microneedle patches with
implantable poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) tips aligned with hydrogel-forming …

Ring inserts as a useful strategy to prepare tip-loaded microneedles for long-acting drug delivery with application in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

AJ Paredes, AD Permana, F Volpe-Zanutto, MN Amir… - Materials & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of microneedle array patches (MAPs) and, in particular, dissolving MAPs in
transdermal drug delivery has increased exponentially over the last decade. MAPs are able …

Albendazole nanocrystal-based dissolving microneedles with improved pharmacokinetic performance for enhanced treatment of cystic echinococcosis

AD Permana, AJ Paredes, FV Zanutto… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus spp., affecting both
humans and animals' lives. Current treatment of CE by oral administration of albendazole …

[HTML][HTML] Primaquine and chloroquine nano-sized solid dispersion-loaded dissolving microarray patches for the improved treatment of malaria caused by Plasmodium …

QK Anjani, F Volpe-Zanutto, KA Hamid… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Malaria is a global parasitic infection that leads to substantial illness and death. The most
commonly-used drugs for treatment of malaria vivax are primaquine and chloroquine, but …

Where microneedle meets biomarkers: futuristic application for diagnosing and monitoring localized external organ diseases

A Himawan, LK Vora, AD Permana… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular tissue fluids are interesting biomatrices that have recently attracted scientists'
interest. Many significant biomarkers for localized external organ diseases have been …