Handbook of Particulate Drug Delivery, 2-Volume Set

The majority of drug products and delivery systems are comprised of particulate pharmaceuticals. New therapeutic applications, combined with increasing requirements for efficacy and safety of drug delivery, call for a diverse tool-box of manufacturing techniques. Consistent production of particulate materials, in relatively pure physical forms as well as composite drug-excipient particles of various size, morphology and structure can be described as particle engineering. This handbook is aimed to bring under a single cover all experimental and theoretical aspects of the particulate drug delivery focusing on materials; synthesis; processing, technologies; various routes of delivery; treatment of various diseases; characterization techniques, etc. Broadly speaking, all topics dealing with the chemistry, biology, and medical aspects of particulate technology are covered. The handbook is divided into two themetic volumes.