A Review of Liposomes as a Drug Delivery System: Current Status of Approved Products, Regulatory Environments, and Future Perspectives

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Liposomes have been considered promising and versatile drug vesicles. Additionally, the current regulatory guidance and future perspectives related to liposomal products are summarized.

🔑 Key Findings

• Compared with traditional drug delivery systems, liposomes exhibit better properties, including site-targeting, sustained or controlled release, protection of drugs from degradation and clearance, superior therapeutic effects, and lower toxic side effects.
• Given these merits, several liposomal drug products have been successfully approved and used in clinics over the last couple of decades.
• In this review, the liposomal drug products approved by the U.S.

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