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Apellis Expands R&D Collaboration With Affilogic to Develop Targeted Complement Therapies for Delivery into the Brain
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Affilogic recently announced the companies have expanded their research and development (R&D) collaboration, which was initially formed in 2018, to include the development of Nanofitins….

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical & BD Have Signed LOI to Discuss Partnership Agreement to Explore New Ways to Advance Biologic Drug Delivery
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. and BD recently announced they have entered into an agreement to investigate further development of OXYCAPT – an innovation from MGC that integrates….

Kindeva Drug Delivery Announces Collaboration With Synopsys
Kindeva Drug Delivery recently announced a collaboration with Synopsys, Inc. involving the implementation of Synopsys Simpleware automated software solutions to assist in creating….

medmix Drug Delivery (Haselmeier) Launches its First Fully Featured Autoinjector
medmix Drug Delivery introduces PiccoJect, a disposable two-step autoinjector designed for subcutaneous injection. The device is being developed in two variants (PiccoJect 100 and PiccoJect 225) for a standard….

Pike Therapeutics Announces Positive Pharmacokinetic Animal Study Results & Unexpected Benefits for its Proprietary Weekly CBD Continuous Transdermal Delivery Technology
Pike Therapeutics Inc. has recently completed a preliminary pharmacokinetic rabbit study with its CBD formulations that yielded positive early results. This study demonstrated….
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WEBINAR – Understanding Patch Composition for Effective Transdermal Delivery
As the advantages of transdermal drug delivery grow, the global market for transdermal patches also is growing. Join DuPont™ Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions and Gattefossé Pharmaceuticals for a complimentary one-hour webinar to explore the current….

Celanese Live Webinar: Engineering Drug Delivery to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes
Celanese and ThermoFisher Scientific have partnered together to present the value of the VitalDose® EVA drug delivery platform and manufacturing through Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) on September 9, 2021.

Where Do We Stand on Poorly Soluble Drugs and Peptides in Oral Delivery?
The Rule of 5 suggests that, for oral bioavailability, a better chance for oral absorption is obtained when the molecules are within the parameters of the Rule of 5’. However, the pharmaceutical industry is achieving oral efficacy with drugs that exceed….

Bespak by Recipharm Webinar: Learn How To Overcome Viscous Formulation Challenges For Parenteral Delivery
There have been many challenges holding back widespread adoption of self-administered injectable formulations. One of the most pressing is the need to develop an auto-injector with a fine enough needle for….

Oral Delivery of Hydrophilic Macromolecules: Lipid-Based Nanocarriers as Key to Success
This LIVE event has already taken place CLICK HERE to access the recorded version of this event and receive a copy of the presentation. Join…
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WHITE PAPER: Bring Quality OINDPs to Market Faster Than Ever Before | Proveris Scientific
Learn how the Proveris by Design(TM) approach is a proven tool for successfully developing nasal spray and inhalation drug products….

WHITE PAPER – Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery & Photothermal Therapies
Download this white paper to learn more about the applications of silica and metal-based nanoparticles in drug delivery and photothermal therapy…..

WHITEPAPER: Optimizing Oral Drug Delivery Using Zydis® Orally Disintegrating Tablet Technology to Address Patient Challenges
Many patients prefer conventional tablets for the administration of medications, but some geriatric and pediatric patients and those with altered mental status and physical impairments…

WHITE PAPER: Selecting In-Vitro Dissolution Methodologies for Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Read about how achieving good in vivo performance is a key attribute for ensuring safety and efficacy of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms intended for systemic delivery.

WHITE PAPER – Poloxamer: A Simple & Powerful Solution for Accelerating Dissolution
This white paper will introduce the concept of dissolution and discuss how poloxamers are a simple yet powerful formulation approach that can enhance dissolution rate, while minimizing resource requirements.
What are Drug Delivery Systems?
Drug delivery systems are engineered technologies for the targeted delivery and/or controlled release of therapeutic agents. The practice of drug delivery has changed significantly in the past few decades and even greater changes are anticipated in the near future. Drug delivery includes but is not limited to oral delivery, gene/cell delivery, topical/transdermal delivery, inhalation deliver, parenteral delivery, respiratory delivery, capsules, particle design technology, buccal delivery, etc.
The Evolution of Drug Delivery Systems
Drug delivery systems have greatly evolved over the past 6 decades. In the past 12 years specifically, there have been huge advancements in drug delivery technology. For instance, advanced medication delivery systems, such as transdermal patches, are able to deliver a drug more selectively to a specific site, which frequently leads to easier, more accurate, and less dosing overall. Devices such as these can also lead to a drug absorption that is more consistent with the site and mechanism of action. There are other drug delivery systems used in both medical and homecare settings that were developed because of various patient needs and researchers continue to develop new methods.
Drug Delivery System Market Size
The pharmaceutical drug delivery market size is studied on the basis of route of administration, application, and region to provide a detailed assessment of the market. On the basis of route of administration, it is segmented into oral delivery, pulmonary delivery, injectable delivery, nasal delivery, ocular delivery, topical delivery, and others.
The estimated global market size of drug delivery products was $1.4 trillion in 2020. Unfortunately, 40% of marketed drugs and 90% of pipeline drugs (mostly small molecules) are poorly soluble in water, which makes parenteral, topical, and oral delivery difficult or impossible. In relation, poor solubility often leads to low drug efficacy. Add in the fact that many other hurdles exist in the form of drug loading, stability, controlled release, toxicity, and absorption – it’s not hard to understand the difficulties in bringing new drug products to market. Additionally, biopharmaceuticals (proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, etc) and combination drug products possess many of these same problematic obstacles that affect efficacy. These challenges, coupled with the complexity and diversity of new pharmaceuticals, have fueled the development of a novel drug delivery platforms that overcome a great many bioavailability and delivery obstacles. By leveraging these platforms, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies can improve dosing accuracy, efficacy, and reproducibility in their drug discovery and drug delivery research.
Drug Delivery System Demand
The demand for pharmaceutical products worldwide is only going to increase in the coming years, as old and emerging diseases continue to threaten the well-being of people globally. Drug discovery efforts are expected to intensify, generating a large variety of active compounds with vastly different structures and properties. However, it is well known that despite tremendous output of the drug discovery process, the success rate of a candidate compound becoming an approved drug product is extremely low. The majority of candidate compounds are discarded due to various hurdles in formulation and preclinical testing (such as issues with solubility, stability, manufacturing, storage, and bioavailability) before even entering into clinical studies. Therefore, advances in formulation and drug delivery, especially the development of new and versatile biomaterial platforms as effective excipients, may salvage many “difficult,” otherwise triaged, drug compounds, and significantly enhance their chance of becoming viable products. Furthermore, breakthroughs in biomaterial platform technologies will also facilitate life cycle management of existing APIs through reformulation, repurposing of existing APIs for new indications, and development of combination products consisting of multiple APIs.