Polymers for drug delivery systems

WB Liechty, DR Kryscio, BV Slaughter… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Polymers have played an integral role in the advancement of drug delivery technology by
providing controlled release of therapeutic agents in constant doses over long periods …

Polymer conjugates as anticancer nanomedicines

R Duncan - Nature reviews cancer, 2006 - nature.com
The transfer of polymer–protein conjugates into routine clinical use, and the clinical
development of polymer–anticancer-drug conjugates, both as single agents and as …

Combination therapy: opportunities and challenges for polymer–drug conjugates as anticancer nanomedicines

F Greco, MJ Vicent - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The discovery of new molecular targets and the subsequent development of novel
anticancer agents are opening new possibilities for drug combination therapy as anticancer …

Combination drug delivery approaches in metastatic breast cancer

JH Lee, A Nan - Journal of drug delivery, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Disseminated metastatic breast cancer needs aggressive treatment due to its reduced
response to anticancer treatment and hence low survival and quality of life. Although in …

Development of HPMA copolymer–anticancer conjugates: clinical experience and lessons learnt

R Duncan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The concept of polymer–drug conjugates was proposed more than 30 years ago, and an N-
(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer conjugate of doxorubicin covalently …

Simultaneous delivery of doxorubicin and gemcitabine to tumors in vivo using prototypic polymeric drug carriers

T Lammers, V Subr, K Ulbrich, P Peschke, PE Huber… - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
Copolymers of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) are prototypic and well-
characterized polymeric drug carriers that have been broadly implemented in the delivery of …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of polypeptide-based conjugates: rational design and analytical tools that can boost clinical translation

T Melnyk, S Đorđević, I Conejos-Sanchez… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
The clinical success of polypeptides as polymeric drugs, covered by the umbrella term
“polymer therapeutics,” combined with related scientific and technological breakthroughs …

Peptide-based polymer therapeutics

A Duro-Castano, I Conejos-Sánchez, MJ Vicent - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Polypeptides are envisaged to achieve a major impact on a number of different relevant
areas such as biomedicine and biotechnology. Acquired knowledge and the increasing …

Improving the efficacy of combined modality anticancer therapy using HPMA copolymer-based nanomedicine formulations

T Lammers - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Copolymers based on N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) are prototypic and well-
characterized polymeric drug carriers that have been broadly implemented in the delivery of …

Drug delivery systems for differential release in combination therapy

H Zhang, G Wang, H Yang - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Combination therapy with multiple therapeutic agents has wide applicability in
medical and surgical treatment, especially in the treatment of cancer. Thus, new drug …