| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 592 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Advances in delivery science and technology, 2192-6212 |
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Advances in delivery science and technology.
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| Contents |
The Need for Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems -- Overview of Controlled Release Mechanisms -- Hydrophobic Polymers of Pharmaceutical Significance -- Hydrogels -- Biodegradable Polymers in Drug Delivery Systems -- Diffusion Controlled Drug Delivery Systems -- Swelling Controlled Drug Delivery Systems -- Degradable Polymeric Carriers for Parenteral Controlled Drug Delivery Systems -- Porous Systems -- Targeted Delivery Using Biodegradable polymeric Nanoparticles -- Liposomes in Drug Delivery -- Receptor Mediated Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics -- Biological Rhythms, Drug Delivery, and Chronotherapeutics -- Site Specific Controlled Release for Cardiovascular Disease -- Translational Direction -- Drug Delivery Systems to Fight Cancer -- Applications of ¡Vaccine Delivery in Infectious Diseases -- Tissue Engineering in Drug Delivery -- The Shaping of Controlled Release Drug Product Development by Emerging Trends in the Commercial, Regulatory and Political Macro-Environment |
| Summary |
Annotation Pitched at a level comprehensible to those new to the field, this authoritative text covers the scientific and technological fundamentals of drug delivery as well as clinical applications and the developmental potential in controlled release drug delivery |
| Analysis |
Medicine |
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Toxicology |
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Pharmacy |
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Biochemistry |
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Biomedicine |
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Pharmacology/Toxicology |
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Biochemistry, general |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 6, 2012) |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Controlled release.
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Drug delivery systems.
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Drug Delivery Systems
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Delayed-Action Preparations
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Drug delivery systems
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Drugs -- Controlled release
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Siepmann, Jürgen
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Siegel, Ronald Alan
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Rathbone, Michael J., 1957-
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| ISBN |
9781461408819 |
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1461408814 |
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