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The research process for new drug is complicated, time-consuming, and costly. Thousands of chemical compounds must be made and tested in an effort to find one that can achieve a desirable result. It may take approximately ten years to study and test a new drug before it can be approved for the general public. However, in today's pharmaceutical industry drug delivery has become keys in drug product development. New innovative pharmaceutical technologies allow for increased performance of new and existing pharmaceutical compounds. Patients will benefit from the enhanced efficacy of pharmaceutical products and from reduction of side-effects. The research on drug delivery and pharmaceutical technologies can highly facilitate drug product development by improving drug solubility, bioavailability, stability, and compliance.