Microneedles
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2020) | Viewed by 45029
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; pharmaceutical formulation; transdermal administration; microneedles; photodynamic therapy
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Interests: 3D printing technologies for pharmaceutical dosage forms or novel medical devices (microneedles, bioresorbable scaffolds); continuous manufacturing processes for the development of medicinal products; nanomaterial synthesis and surface modification for cancer treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The microneedles field is entering an exciting period. Almost 50 years since the first patents were filed, the first commercially available drug product seems to finally be within reach. This research area, based on systems microengineered from polymers, elemental silicon, metals, glass, or ceramic, continues to show high levels of innovation. The most common applications have been in vaccine delivery, cosmetic administration, drug delivery, and minimally invasive extraction of body fluids. A plethora of strategies has been employed and, as manufacturing tools become ever more sophisticated, the technology has only been limited by researchers’ imaginations. Alignment of thinking on critical quality attributes and standards of manufacture is bringing profound patient and commercial benefits. Microneedle research is truly interdisciplinary, harnessing expertise in engineering, computer science, pharmaceutical formulation, immunology, and pharmacology. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on novel developments in microneedle technology and its use for various drug and vaccine delivery applications, cosmeceutical administration, as well as patient therapeutic drug monitoring and diagnosis.
Prof. Ryan Donnelly
Prof. Dennis Douroumis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microneedles
- microarray patches
- vaccines
- drug delivery
- formulation
- manufacture
- translation
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