Strategies to address low drug solubility in discovery and development

HD Williams, NL Trevaskis, SA Charman… - Pharmacological …, 2013 - ASPET
Drugs with low water solubility are predisposed to low and variable oral bioavailability and,
therefore, to variability in clinical response. Despite significant efforts to “design in” …

Review and analysis of FDA approved drugs using lipid-based formulations

R Savla, J Browne, V Plassat, KM Wasan… - Drug development and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lipid-based drug delivery systems (LBDDS) are one of the most studied bioavailability
enhancement technologies and are utilized in a number of US Food and Drug …

Enhancing intestinal drug solubilisation using lipid-based delivery systems

CJH Porter, CW Pouton, JF Cuine… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2008 - Elsevier
Lipid-based delivery systems are finding increasing application in the oral delivery of poorly
water-soluble, lipophilic drugs. Whilst lipidic dose forms may improve oral bioavailability via …

Spherical mesoporous silica nanoparticles for loading and release of the poorly water-soluble drug telmisartan

Y Zhang, Z Zhi, T Jiang, J Zhang, Z Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to develop mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) loaded
with a poorly water-soluble drug, intended to be orally administered, able to improve the …

Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries

A Loyse, H Thangaraj, P Easterbrook… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Cryptococcal meningitis is the leading cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, and
contributes up to 20% of AIDS-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries …

Gelatin coated hybrid lipid nanoparticles for oral delivery of amphotericin B

S Jain, PU Valvi, NK Swarnakar… - Molecular …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Amphotericin B (AmB) loaded polymer lipid hybrid nanoparticles (AmB-PLNs) comprised of
lecithin (anionic lipid) and gelatin (Type A, cationic below its isoelectric point 7.0–9.0) were …

Polymeric particulate technologies for oral drug delivery and targeting: a pathophysiological perspective

AC Hunter, J Elsom, PP Wibroe, SM Moghimi - Maturitas, 2012 - Elsevier
The oral route for delivery of pharmaceuticals is the most widely used and accepted.
Nanoparticles and microparticles are increasingly being applied within this arena to …

Oral administration of amphotericin B nanoparticles: antifungal activity, bioavailability and toxicity in rats

MA Radwan, BT AlQuadeib, L Šiller, MC Wright… - Drug Delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Amphotericin B (AMB) is used most commonly in severe systemic life-threatening fungal
infections. There is currently an unmet need for an efficacious (AMB) formulation amenable …

Design of amphotericin B oral formulation for antifungal therapy

M Liu, M Chen, Z Yang - Drug delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Amphotericin B (AmB) remains the “gold standard” for systemic antifungal therapy, even
though new drugs are emerging as the attractive antifungal agents. Since AmB has …

Reversal of multidrug resistance by the inhibition of ATP-binding cassette pumps employing “Generally Recognized As Safe”(GRAS) nanopharmaceuticals: A review

A Sosnik - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Pumps of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily (ABCs) regulate the access of drugs to the
intracellular space. In this context, the overexpression of ABCs is a well-known mechanism …