Fundamentals and Applications of Controlled Release Drug Delivery

1. The Need for Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems
Clive G. Wilson

2. Overview of Controlled Release Mechanisms
Ronald A. Siegel, Michael J. Rathbone

3. Hydrophobic Polymers of Pharmaceutical Significance
Osama A. Abu-Diak, Gavin P. Andrews, David S. Jones

4. Hydrogels
Hossein Omidian, Kinam Park

5. Biodegradable Polymers in Drug Delivery Systems
Jamie Tsung, Diane J. Burgess

6. Diffusion Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Juergen Siepmann, Ronald A. Siegel, Florence Siepmann

7. Swelling Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Juergen Siepmann, Florence Siepmann

8. Degradable Polymeric Carriers for Parenteral Controlled Drug Delivery
C. Wischke, S. P. Schwendeman

9. Porous Systems
Ronald A. Siegel

10. Targeted Delivery Using Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles
Elias Fattal, Hervé Hillaireau, Simona Mura, Julien Nicolas, Nicolas Tsapis

11. Liposomes in Drug Delivery
Vladimir Torchilin

12. Receptor Mediated Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics
Tamara Minko

13. Biological Rhythms, Drug Delivery, and Chronotherapeutics
Michael H. Smolensky, Ronald A. Siegel, Erhard Haus, Ramon Hermida, Francesco Portaluppi

14. Site Specific Controlled Release for Cardiovascular Disease: Translational Directions
Ilia Fishbein, Michael Chorny, Ivan S. Alferiev, Robert J. Levy

15. Drug Delivery Systems to Fight Cancer
Vivekanand Bhardwaj, M. N. V. Ravi Kumar

16. Fundamentals of Vaccine Delivery in Infectious Diseases
Sevda Şenel

17. Tissue Engineering in Drug Delivery
Charles T. Drinnan, Laura R. Geuss, Ge Zhang, Laura J. Suggs

18. The Shaping of Controlled Release Drug Product Development by Emerging Trends in the Commercial, Regulatory, and Political Macroenvironment
Stephen Perrett, Michael J. Rathbone

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