Polymers are used in drug delivery devices for drug encapsulation and release. Natural
polymers often have advantages such as biocompatibility, biodegradability and biologically …

Drug-induced liver injury is an important cause of hepatotoxicity and poses a challenging
clinical problem with respect to both diagnosis and management. Patients susceptible to …

The pulmonary route has long been used for drug administration for both local and systemic
treatment. It possesses several advantages, which can be categorized into physiological, ie …

Introduction: Early dry powder inhalers (DPIs) were designed for low drug doses in asthma
and COPD therapy. Nearly all concepts contained carrier-based formulations and lacked …

Nanoparticles are extensively studied for drug delivery and are proving to be effective in
drug delivery and the diagnostic field. Drug delivery to lungs has its advantages over other …

Dry powder inhaler (DPI) products have traditionally comprised a simple formulation of
micronised drug mixed with a carrier excipient, typically lactose monohydrate. The presence …

Abstract A Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) is a technique as well as a device used to inhale
formulation which is in the form of dry powder, and is inhaled through the nose or mouth. It …

Liposomes and liposomes-based drug delivery systems are promising carriers in the rapidly
evolving field of nanomedicine. Liposomes are receiving growing attention in the scientific …

Introduction: During the past 40 years, liposomes have been investigated intensively as drug
carriers for anticancer drugs and as the adjuvant components of vaccines, for example. In …

Therapeutic liposomal powders (ie, lipospheres and proliposomes) for dry powder
inhalation aerosol delivery, formulated with phospholipids similar to endogenous lung …