Provides both fundamentals and new and emerging applications

Advanced Drug Delivery brings readers fully up to date
with the state of the science, presenting the basics, formulation
strategies, and therapeutic applications of advanced drug delivery.
The book demonstrates how core concepts of pharmaceutical sciences,
chemistry, and molecular biology can be combined and applied in
order to spark novel ideas to design and develop advanced drug
delivery systems for the treatment of a broad range of human
diseases.

Advanced Drug Delivery features contributions from an
international team of pharmaceutical scientists. Chapters reflect a
thorough review and analysis of the literature as well as the
authors' firsthand experience developing drug delivery systems. The
book is divided into four parts:

* Part I, Introduction and Basics of Advanced Drug
Delivery, explores physiological barriers, stability,
transporters, and biomaterials in drug delivery

* Part II, Strategies for Advanced Drug Delivery, offers
tested and proven strategies for advanced delivery of both small
molecules and macromolecules

* Part III, Translational Research of Advanced Drug
Delivery, focuses on regulatory considerations and
translational applications of advanced drug delivery systems for
the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, sexually
transmitted diseases, ophthalmic diseases, and brain diseases

* Part IV, Future Applications of Advanced Drug Delivery in
Emerging Research Areas, examines stem cell research,
cell-based therapeutics, tissue engineering, and molecular
imaging

Each chapter provides objectives and assessment questions to
help readers grasp key concepts and assess their knowledge as they
progress through the book.

Advanced Drug Delivery is recommended for graduates and
upper-level undergraduates in the pharmaceutical sciences who need
a solid foundation in the basics. It is also recommended for
pharmaceutical professionals who want to take advantage of new and
emerging applications in advanced drug delivery systems.

ASHIM K. MITRA, PhD, is Chairman of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Mitra is also a University of Missouri Curators' Professor and has more than thirty years of experience in the field of ocular drug delivery and disposition. He has been the recipient of research awards from the NIH, AAPS, AACP, ARVO, and other pharmaceutical organizations.

CHI H. LEE, PhD, is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate pharmacy courses. His research focuses on elucidation of pathological mechanisms and formulation development of microbicidal and cardiovascular devices.

KUN CHENG, PhD, is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His research seeks to develop novel drug delivery systems for siRNA and small molecule drugs. Dr. Cheng is the recipient of the 2011 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) New Investigator Grant Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies.

Provides both fundamentals and new and emerging applications

Advanced Drug Delivery brings readers fully up to date with the state of the science, presenting the basics, formulation strategies, and therapeutic applications of advanced drug delivery. The book demonstrates how core concepts of pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, and molecular biology can be combined and applied in order to spark novel ideas to design and develop advanced drug delivery systems for the treatment of a broad range of human diseases.

Advanced Drug Delivery features contributions from an international team of pharmaceutical scientists. Chapters reflect a thorough review and analysis of the literature as well as the authors' firsthand experience developing drug delivery systems. The book is divided into four parts:

• Part I, Introduction and Basics of Advanced Drug Delivery, explores physiological barriers, stability, transporters, and biomaterials in drug delivery
• Part II, Strategies for Advanced Drug Delivery, offers tested and proven strategies for advanced delivery of both small molecules and macromolecules
• Part III, Translational Research of Advanced Drug Delivery, focuses on regulatory considerations and translational applications of advanced drug delivery systems for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, ophthalmic diseases, and brain diseases
• Part IV, Future Applications of Advanced Drug Delivery in Emerging Research Areas, examines stem cell research, cell-based therapeutics, tissue engineering, and molecular imaging

Each chapter provides objectives and assessment questions to help readers grasp key concepts and assess their knowledge as they progress through the book.

Advanced Drug Delivery is recommended for graduates and upper-level undergraduates in the pharmaceutical sciences who need a solid foundation in the basics. It is also recommended for pharmaceutical professionals who want to take advantage of new and emerging applications in advanced drug delivery systems.

PREFACE xi

ABOUT THE AUTHORS xiii

CONTRIBUTORS xv

PART I INTRODUCTION AND BASICS OF ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY 1

1 Physiological Barriers in Advanced Drug Delivery: Gastrointestinal Barrier 3 D. Alexander Oh and Chi H. Lee

2 Solubility and Stability Aspects in Advanced Drug Delivery 21 Hoo-Kyun Choi, Robhash K. Subedi, and Chi H. Lee

3 The Role of Transporters and the Efflux System in Drug Delivery 47 Varun Khurana, Dhananjay Pal, Mukul Minocha, and Ashim K. Mitra

4 Biomaterial in Advanced Drug Delivery 75 Megha Barot, Mitesh Patel, Xiaoyan Yang, Wuchen Wang, and Chi H. Lee

PART II STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY 103

5 Strategies of Drug Targeting 105 Ravi S. Shukla, Zhijin Chen, and Kun Cheng

6 Prodrug and Bioconjugation 123 Ramya Krishna Vadlapatla, Sujay Shah, Aswani Dutt Vadlapudi, and Ashim K. Mitra

7 Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems 141 Mitan R. Gokulgandhi, Ashaben Patel, Kishore Cholkar, Megha Barot, and Ashim K. Mitra

8 Stimuli-Responsive Target Strategies 157 Chi H. Lee

9 Implants 183 Aswani Dutt Vadlapudi, Ashaben Patel, Ramya Krishna Vadlapatla, Durga Paturi, and Ashim K. Mitra

10 Aptamers in Advanced Drug Delivery 201 Weiwei Gao, Omid C. Farokhzad, and Nazila Kamaly

11 Nanofiber 219 Megha Barot, Mitan R. Gokulgandhi, Animikh Ray, and Ashim K. Mitra

12 Biomimetic Self-Assembling Nanoparticles 231 Maxim G. Ryadnov

13 Protein and Peptide Drug Delivery 241 Mitesh Patel, Megha Barot, Jwala Renukuntla, and Ashim K. Mitra

14 Delivery of Nucleic Acids 257 Shaoying Wang, Bin Qin, and Kun Cheng

15 Delivery of Vaccines 275 Hari R. Desu, Rubi Mahato, and Laura A. Thoma

PART III TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH OF ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY 297

16 Regulatory Considerations and Clinical Issues in Advanced Drug Delivery 299 Mei-Ling Chen

17 Advanced Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy 323 Wanyi Tai and Kun Cheng

18 Advanced Delivery in Cardiovascular Diseases 341 Gayathri Acharya, Wuchen Wang, Divya Teja Vavilala, Mridul Mukherji, and Chi H. Lee

19 Recent Advances in Ocular Drug Delivery 365 Varun Khurana, Deep Kwatra, Vibhuti Agrahari, and Ashim K. Mitra

20 Advanced Drug Delivery Against STD 381 Chi H. Lee

21 Advanced Drug Delivery to the Brain 405 Nanda K. Mandava, Mitesh Patel, and Ashim K. Mitra

PART IV FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED…