Product Description: Polymeric materials are now playing an increasingly important role in pharmaceuticals, as well as in sensing devices, in situ prostheses and probes, and microparticle diagnostic agents. This new volume consists of twenty-two recent research-based reports on the developments in these areas of pharmaceutical and biomaterials technology...read more

Product Description: The leading edge science presented at this symposium represents the best of international pharmaceutics, polymer science, biotechnology, molecular biology and cell biology research efforts. The book emphasises the following areas of drug delivery research: improved methods of therapeutic administration, especially for proteins and peptides; novel delivery systems; advanced carrier and targeting systems; and new therapeutic concepts and carrier, receptor and cellular interactions and mechanisms for therapeutic applications...read more

Product Description: This symposium provided a setting in which scientists could gather to discuss recent advances and state-of-the-art technology in drug delivery. Speakers included pharmaceutical scientists, polymer chemists, bioengineers, pharmacologists and physicians who were considered to be leaders in the field of research and development of drug delivery systems...read more