Emerging Pharmaceutical Therapeutics for Neglected Tropical Diseases
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 4859
Special Issue Editors
Interests: onchocerciasis; lymphatic filariasis; neglected tropical diseases; drug dicovery; morbidity management
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Dear Colleagues,
In the recent past, several new candidates were identified for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While the first drugs were registered, e.g., fexinidazole for sleeping sickness or miltefosin and paromomycin combination for leishmaniasis in Africa, more drug candidates are in development (e.g., phase 2b/3 studies for leishmaniasis, Chagas disease or myecetoma). However, for some NTDs, the pipeline of new drug candidates is not well equipped, and only a few candidates are within phase 1 or 2 clinical trials (e.g., for onchocerciasis). In the present Special Issue, we ask authors to submit original research and review articles that relate to drug candidates for NTDs with special emphasis on their formulation, dosage form, drug delivery and pharmacokinetics, etc., as is the scope of the journal.
Prof. Dr. Achim Hoerauf
Prof. Dr. Marc Hübner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neglected tropical diseases
- drug candidate
- macrofilaricide
- leishmaniasis
- onchocerciasis
- chagas disease
- echinococcosis
- foodborne trematodiases
- African trypanosomiasis
- lymphatic filariasis
- schistosomiasis
- soil-transmitted helminthiases
- taeniasis/cysticercosis
- formulation
- dosage form
- drug delivery
- pharmacokinetics
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