Targeted prodrug design to optimize drug delivery

Modern prodrug design for targeted oral drug delivery.

The molecular information that became available over the past two decades significantly influenced the field of drug design and delivery at large, and the prodrug approach in particular. While the traditional prodrug approach was aimed at altering various physiochemical parameters, e.g., lipophilicity and charge state, the modern approach to prodrug design considers molecular/cellular factors, ...

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery

Contact-facilitated drug delivery with Sn2 lipase labile prodrugs optimize targeted lipid nanoparticle drug delivery

Sn2 lipase labile phospholipid prodrugs in conjunction with contact-facilitated drug delivery offer an important advancement in Nanomedicine. Many drugs incorporated into nanosystems, targeted or not, are substantially lost during circulation to the target. However, favorably altering the pharmacokinetics and volume of distribution of systemic drug delivery can offer greater efficacy with lower...

Prodrug Design vs. Drug Design

A drug is defined as a substance which is used in the cure, relief, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease. The development of any potential drug commences with the study of the biochemistry and physiology behind a disease for which pharmaceutical intervention is feasible [1]. Prodrug is a term that was first introduced by Albert to signify a pharmacologically inactive chemical moiety t...