Controlled Drug Delivery Systems: Current Status and Future Directions

The drug delivery system enables the release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient to achieve a desired therapeutic response. In addition, nano-drug delivery, targeted and smart drug delivery using stimuli-responsive and intelligent biomaterials is discussed with recent key findings.

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• 1 Conventional drug delivery systems (tablets, capsules, syrups, ointments, etc.) suffer from poor bioavailability and fluctuations in plasma drug level and are unable to achieve sustained release.
• 2 Without an efficient delivery mechanism, the whole therapeutic process can be rendered useless.
• 3 Moreover, the drug has to be delivered at a specified controlled rate and at the target site as precisely as possible to achieve maximum efficacy and safety.

Understanding this could lead to better treatments, improved diagnostics, or a deeper grasp of how the human body works — benefiting patient care globally.

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