A new strategy that centers on the incorporation of stimuli-responsive cleavable linkages in dual or multiple locations as in both micellar cores and at polymer/solution interfaces leading to synergistically enhanced release of encapsulated anticancer drugs in cancer cells.

A multi-drug delivery system with sequential release based on titania nanotube arrays and polymer micelles as drug carriers is presented. Delivery of multiple water insoluble and soluble drugs required for combined local therapy is demonstrated.

A target of best dissolution improvement of poorly soluble drugs is a necessity for the success of formulation in industry. The present work describes the preparation, optimization, and evaluation of a new spherical agglomeration technique for glimepiride as a model of poorly soluble drugs. It involved the emulsification of a drug solution containing a dispersed carrier that tailors the crystal...

1Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto; 2Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Correspondence and reprints: Dr BA Saville, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5. Telephone 416-978-7745, fax 416-978-8605, e-mail [email protected] CC N...

Combining mucoadhesive characteristics of a biodegradable polymer such as chitosan with the potential to enhance drug release by increasing the solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs has great potential for pharmaceutical technology and drug delivery design. Polymeric delivery systems have been extensively researched in an attempt to achieve modified drug release. Cyclodextrins (CD) offer an ...

This paper describes the application of Raman spectroscopy to the detection of exogenous substances in cyanoacrylate-fumed fingerprints. The scenario considered was that of an individual handling a substance and subsequently depositing a contaminated fingerprint. These fingerprints were enhanced by cyanoacrylate fuming, a process in which a layer of white cyanoacrylate polymer is deposited on t...

The complex-forming abilities of a water-soluble ƒÀ-cyclodextrin-epichlorohydrin polymer (CDPS) and two different molecular weight fractions of CDPS were studied and compared with those of ƒÀ-cyclodextrin (ƒÀ3-CyD) and dimethyl-ƒÀ-cyclodextrin (DM-ƒÀ-CyD). CDPS was separated into two main fractions by gel chromatography. CDPS and its fractions formed inclusion compounds with several drugs and t...

In this paper we describe the synthesis, physico-chemical characteristics and results of tests of biological activity of polymer drugs based on conjugates of anti-cancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) with water-soluble polymer drug carriers, N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymers. In the conjugates the drug is attached to the polymer backbone via a spacer stable under physiological condit...

A novel amphiphilic pH-sensitive triblock polymer brush (poly(β-amino esters)-g-cholesterol)-b-poly(ethylene glycol)-b-(poly(β-amino esters)-g-cholesterol) ((PAE-g-Chol)-b-PEG-b-(PAE-g-Chol)) was designed and synthesized successfully through a three-step reaction, and their self-assembled polymeric micelles were used as hydrophobic anticancer drug delivery carriers to realize effectively contro...