Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nano Drug Delivery Technologies

Drug delivery refers to the approaches, formulations, technologies and systems for delivering a pharmaceutical compound to the body to safely achieve the desired therapeutic effect. This may be to target a scientific site in the body or to facilitate systemic pharmacokinetics; in all cases it is usually about the amount and duration of the drug's presence. Drug delivery is often discussed in terms of the chemical formulation of a drug, but it can also involve medical devices or drug-device combination products. Drug delivery is a concept that is strongly integrated with the dosage form and route of administration, the latter sometimes even being considered part of the definition.