New Horizons in Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 28473
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transdermal/topical systems; skin delivery; cosmetic formulations; 3D printing; quality-by-design
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Interests: skin delivery; transdermal delivery; drug delivery systems; liposomes; nanoparticles; animal models of skin disease
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Pharmaceuticals is planning to publish a Special Issue covering the topic “New Horizons in Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems”, and we are cordially inviting you to contribute an article to this volume.
Dermal and transdermal drug delivery represents an important strategy to target drugs to the site of action or to noninvasively enhance treatment activity, circumventing the hepatic first passage and reducing toxicity. In recent years, the number of drug candidates for dermal and transdermal delivery has increased, in line with new and optimized approaches developed to improve local and systemic drug delivery.
Dermal and transdermal delivery faces important issues such as the stratum corneum barrier effect, the delivery of the drug to the skin tissue, and the passage through the skin complex structure to reach the lymphatic and vascular compartments. Additionally, the low amount of a drug that can be delivered through the skin can compromise the drug’s therapeutic effect. To solve such issues, the development of advanced systems based on passive or active approaches has enlarged the number of drug candidates that can be delivered through the skin. Nanotechnological approaches and electrically and mechanically assisted techniques have all opened new horizons in this field and emerged as attractive administration methods.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to host research and review papers on the development of novel dermal and transdermal drug delivery systems, holding a great promise for improved patients’ compliance, targeted delivery, and personalized therapy.
Dr. Joana Marques Marto
Dr. Sandra I. D. Simões
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dermal delivery
- transdermal delivery
- drug delivery systems
- microneedles
- vesicular systems
- nanoparticles
- sonophoresis
- iontophoresis
- permeation enhancers
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