Long-Acting Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical, Clinical, and Regulatory Aspects

Long-Acting Drug Delivery Systems: Pharmaceutical, Clinical, and Regulatory Aspects offers a comprehensive overview of the technical, clinical, regulatory and industrial perspectives on these drug delivery systems. The book follows a sequential order, beginning with the current technical state-of-the-field and moving on to more clinical, industrial and regulatory topics. Opening chapters describe the current needs and potential applications of implantable and long-acting therapeutic approaches. The book goes on to describe established and novel long-acting systems, with a focus on the materials used to prepare these systems and their biocompatibility. Importantly, applied topics such as scale-up manufacturing, products under clinical trials and regulatory aspects are covered, offering the reader a holistic view of this rapidly growing field.

Table of Contents

1 Overview of the clinical current needs and potential applications for long-acting and implantable delivery systems
2 Classification, material types, and design approaches of long-acting and implantable drug delivery systems
3 Long-acting drug delivery systems for ocular therapies
4 Applications of long-lasting and implantable drug delivery systems for cardiovascular disease treatment
5 Implantable and long-lasting drug delivery systems for cancer treatment
6 Long-acting drug delivery systems: applications for sexual and reproductive health
7 Long-acting drug delivery systems for schizophrenia treatment
8 Implantable and long-lasting drug delivery systems for infectious, inflammatory, endocrine, and neurodegenerative diseases
9 Long-lasting drug delivery systems based on microneedles
10 Safety, biodegradability, and biocompatibility considerations of long-acting drug delivery systems
11 Characterization methodologies for long-acting and implantable drug delivery systems
12 Challenges for clinical translation of long-acting and implantable drug delivery systems

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