Delivery strategies for sustained drug release in the lungs

C Loira-Pastoriza, J Todoroff, R Vanbever - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Drug delivery to the lungs by inhalation offers a targeted drug therapy for respiratory
diseases. However, the therapeutic efficacy of inhaled drugs is limited by their rapid …

Lipid based nanocarriers: a translational perspective

DK Mishra, R Shandilya, PK Mishra - … : Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the recent couple of decades, pharmaceutical field has embarked most phenomenal
noteworthy achievements in the field of medications as well as drug delivery. The rise of …

Increasing complexity and interactions of oxidative stress in chronic respiratory diseases: an emerging need for novel drug delivery systems

K Dua, V Malyla, G Singhvi, R Wadhwa… - Chemico-biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress is intensely involved in enhancing the severity of various chronic respiratory
diseases (CRDs) including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Enhancing the therapeutic use of biofilm-dispersing enzymes with smart drug delivery systems

CR Thorn, PL Howell, DJ Wozniak, CA Prestidge… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofilm-dispersing enzymes degrade the extracellular polymeric matrix surrounding bacterial
biofilms, disperse the microbial community and increase their susceptibility to antibiotics and …

Biodegradable polymeric nanocarriers for pulmonary drug delivery

E Rytting, J Nguyen, X Wang… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Pulmonary drug delivery is attractive for both local and systemic drug delivery
as a non-invasive route that provides a large surface area, thin epithelial barrier, high blood …

Paclitaxel loaded PEG5000–DSPE micelles as pulmonary delivery platform: formulation characterization, tissue distribution, plasma pharmacokinetics, and …

KK Gill, S Nazzal, A Kaddoumi - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the potential of paclitaxel loaded micelles
fabricated from PEG5000–DSPE as a sustained release system following pulmonary …

[HTML][HTML] Scope and relevance of a pulmonary biopharmaceutical classification system AAPS/FDA/USP Workshop March 16-17th, 2015 in Baltimore, MD

JE Hastedt, P Bäckman, AR Clark, W Doub, A Hickey… - 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS), developed in the 1990s for oral
immediate release drugs, is utilized by R&D scientists and regulators to streamline product …

Smart lipid nanoparticles containing levofloxacin and DNase for lung delivery. Design and characterization

GA Islan, PC Tornello, GA Abraham, N Duran… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Levofloxacin (LV) is a hydrophilic broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used in pulmonary
treatment against recurrent infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and particularly in cystic …

Solid lipid microparticles as an approach to drug delivery

S Scalia, PM Young, D Traini - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Solid lipid particles were introduced in the early 1990s as an alternative drug
carrier system to emulsions, liposomes and polymeric microparticles. Although lipid …

Development of a standardized dissolution test method for inhaled pharmaceutical formulations

YJ Son, JT McConville - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to investigate a potential standardized test method to
characterize the dissolution properties of formulations intended for pulmonary delivery. A …