Polymers in Pharmaceutical Technology II

Dear Colleagues,

The advances in materials science have been greatly beneficial to pharmaceutical technology with regard to the preparation of innovative delivery platforms of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Polymers are considered the best materials with properties making them ideal as innovative excipients of the design and development of delivery platforms. Polymer therapeutics attracts the interest of the scientific community due to its numerous advantages, i.e., biocompatibility, stealth, controlled release properties, etc. Polymers are included in marketed medicinal products, medicines and medical devices, acting as solubilizers, permeation enhancers, and helping toward the specific targeting of the drugs to the site of actions.

This Special Issue is concerned with the applications of polymers in pharmaceutics, including polymeric pharmaceutical excipients in solid oral dosage forms, controlled release matrix systems, and amorphous solid dispersions. Topics may include the synthesis of novel polymers, physicochemical characterizations, self-assembly behavior, interactions of polymers with active pharmaceutical ingredients and/or other excipients, as well as the impact of polymers in the drug release mechanism. Special attention will be given to applications of polymers in pharmaceutical nanotechnology. The formation, preparation, and drug loading/release of polymer micelles, polyelectrolyte complexes, polymersomes, polymeric nanoparticles, and nanogels are hot topics in current literature too. Both original manuscripts and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Natassa Pippa
Guest Editor

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