Microneedles for Extended Transdermal Therapeutics: A Route to Advanced Healthcare

Autor: Vivek M. Ghate, Suman Pahal, Utkarsh Bhutani, Dinesh Narasimhaiah Subramanyam, Mangalore Manjunatha Nayak, Kedar Badnikar, Praveen Kumar Vemula
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V. 159
ISSN: 1873-3441
Popis: Sustained release of drugs over a pre-determined period is required to maintain an effective therapeutic dose for variety of drug delivery applications. Transdermal devices such as polymeric microneedle patches and other microneedle-based devices have been utilized for sustained release of their payload. Swift clearing of drugs can be prevented either by designing a slow-degrading polymeric matrix or by providing physiochemical triggers to different microneedle-based devices for on-demand release. These long-acting transdermal devices prevent the burst release of drugs. This review highlights the recent advances of microneedle-based devices for sustained release of vaccines, hormones, and antiretrovirals with their prospective safe clinical translation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE