Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems

Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems, Second Edition is a concise reference on the current models used to meet the required therapeutic dosage and time of release. Updated with new strategies, mathematical models, routes of administration, and technologies, the book's content is presented in a concise and objective way. The six chapters cover general concepts, modification of drug release, classification of therapeutics systems for drug delivery - including a thorough discussion of passive versus active targeting. Chapter four describes the main mechanisms to control drug release - including a broad discussion on materials and technologies. Chapter five discusses mathematical and physicochemical models of drug release, including new mechanistic models and their fitting. Chapter six ends the book with a comprehensive, yet concise, review of drug delivery systems including 3D printing, nose-to-brain, environmentally responsive systems, and new lipid systems. Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems, 2nd Edition is the perfect reference for pharmaceutical scientists and graduate students looking for a complete and objective reference on drug release. Materials scientists and chemists can also benefit from the up-to-date overview of mathematical models applied to drug release.

• Includes up to date physicochemical principles and mathematical models
• Covers new drug delivery systems such as 3D printed systems
• Presents the advances in drug delivery from the past decade