Design and Development of Polymer-Based Drug Carriers for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 73
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multifunctional polymers; drug release; drug delivery systems; modified-release formulations; multicompartment dosage forms
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: pediatric drug dosage forms; taste-masking techniques; polymer-based drug delivery systems; modified-release formulations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, pharmaceutical technology has focused on drug delivery systems based on multifunctional polymeric materials. Synthetic polymers, biopolymers, and their modified derivatives are widely applied in the biomedical field. They play a significant role in the development of drug dosage forms, acting as carriers for therapeutic substances, providing modified drug release, enabling modifications to already-existing medicines, and masking the bitter taste of active pharmaceutical substances.
It should be emphasized that advances in the medicine and pharmaceutical sciences are constantly leading to new solutions that improve therapeutic outcomes; therefore, designing drug carrier systems based on polymeric materials is an increasingly important area of research. These systems affect pharmacological activity by modulating drug release, enhancing drug bioavailability, or delivering medicines to the site of action in a predesigned manner. Ongoing progress in this area will facilitate targeted drug delivery while minimizing side effects and reducing toxicity profiles. Furthermore, evolving drug delivery technologies will enable the development of many pharmaceutical products that will improve patient health and compliance.
We intend this Special Issue to be a compilation of original research articles, reviews, and short communications focusing on multifunctional polymer utilization in the development of advanced drug delivery systems, combined with a variety of manufacturing techniques. In addition, discussions on scientific achievements in the design of new drug delivery systems and the future direction of drug delivery research related to polymers are also welcome. The main objective of the proposed research theme is to provide broad insights into the development of novel polymeric materials as carrier systems for the effective therapeutic delivery of medicines.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Winnicka
Guest Editors
Dr. Katarzyna Olechno
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- polymeric materials
- polymer-based drug delivery systems
- pharmaceutical technologies
- multifunctional polymers
- drug–polymer complexation
