Drug Delivery: Principles and Applications (Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development)

Since the first edition of Drug Delivery published, therehave been significant advances in the field – new materialsfor delivery vehicles, new approaches to deliver drugs, and newtherapeutics requiring new delivery methods. As a result, a newedition to reflect these advances is both timely and necessary. The2nd edition expands to 31 chapters, divided into 5sections. The first focuses on general concepts, fundamentalmethods, and principles, the second on routes of drugadministration, the third on approaches to improve drug delivery,the fourth on targeted drug delivery systems, and the fifth on thedelivery of macromolecular drugs. While almost all chapters fromthe prior edition are retained and updated, several new chaptersare added to make a more complete resource and reference.  Newchapters cover recent developments including transdermal andmucosal delivery, nanoparticles, controlled drug release, lymphaticsystem delivery, theranostics, protein and peptide drugs, andbiologics delivery.