Fundamentals and Applications of Controlled Release Drug Delivery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Siepmann, Juergen (Editor), Siegel, Ronald A. (Editor), Rathbone, Michael J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Advances in Delivery Science and Technology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacy.; Pharmacology.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biochemistry, general.

This authoritative book covers the fundamentals relating to the science and technology of drug delivery.  The book is written at a level that is understandable to those entering the field and who are not familiar with its common phrases or complex terms.  It is a book that provides a simple encapsul...

Table of Contents:

• The Need for Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems
• Overview of Controlled Release Mechanisms
• Hydrophobic Polymers of Pharmaceutical Significance
• Hydrogels
• Biodegradable Polymers in Drug Delivery Systems
• Diffusion Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
• Swelling Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
• Degradable Polymeric Carriers for Parenteral Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
• Porous Systems
• Targeted Delivery Using Biodegradable polymeric Nanoparticles
• Liposomes in Drug Delivery
• Receptor Mediated Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics
• Biological Rhythms, Drug Delivery, and Chronotherapeutics
• Site Specific Controlled Release for Cardiovascular Disease – Translational Direction
• Drug Delivery Systems to Fight Cancer
• Applications of  Vaccine Delivery in Infectious Diseases
• Tissue Engineering in Drug Delivery
• The Shaping of Controlled Release Drug Product Development by Emerging Trends in the Commercial, Regulatory and Political Macro-Environment.