Biodegradable electroactive polymers for electrochemically-triggered drug delivery

Biodegradable polymers for ocular drug delivery.

A variety of ocular drug delivery systems, including a controlled release of the drug, drug targeting, and penetration enhancement of the drug, have been investigated. Biodegradable polymers have been widely used as the drug carrier for controlled-release systems. Biodegradable polymers release the drug as they themselves degrade and are finally absorbed within the body. Several ocular drug del...

Antibody-Conjugated Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Drug Delivery

Target-specific delivery of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents has become a main concern in the research of nanomedicine and in the pharmaceutical industry. Formulation of targeting effects can deliver high dose of the formulated diagnostic/therapeutic agents specifically to the diseased cells and leave the healthy cells untouched, which can thus result in much higher diagnostic/therapeutic e...

Micro and nano-fabrication of biodegradable polymers for drug delivery.

This paper presents state-of-the-art micro and nano-fabrication techniques for biodegradable polymers. Replication molding, using a rigid or elastic master, can pattern structures on a polymer surface in a submicron resolution at a low cost. Layer-by-layer rapid prototyping methods are promising in producing controlled release units with complicated geometries, release mechanisms and the abilit...

Μàñ Natural Biodegradable Polymers as Matrices in Transdermal Drug Delivery

Polymers are the backbone of a transdermal drug delivery system as they control the release of the drug from the device. Biodegradable polymers attracts the attention of its use as they can be degraded to non-toxic monomers and most important, a constant rate of drug release can be achieved from a biodegradable polymer based controlled release device. Natural polymers can be used as the means o...

1 pH - triggered drug release from biodegradable microwells for oral drug delivery