Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: Application of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in the design of controlled delivery systems / James A. Uchizono -- Physiological and biochemical barriers to drug delivery / Amit Kokate, Venugopal P. Marasanapalle, Bhaskara R. Jasti, Xiaoling Li -- Prodrugs as drug delivery systems / Anant Shanbhag, Noymi Yam, Bhaskara Jasti -- Diffusion-controlled drug delivery systems / Puchun Liu, Tzuchi "Rob" Ju, Yihong Qiu -- Dissolution controlled drug delivery systems / Zeren Wang, Rama A. Shmeis -- Gastric retentive dosage forms / Amir H. Shojaei, Bret Berner -- Osmotic controlled drug delivery systems / Sastry Srikond, Phanidhar Kotamraj, Brian Barclay -- Device controlled delivery of powders / Rudi Mueller-Waiz -- Biodegradable polymeric delivery systems / Harish Ravivarapu, Ravichandran Mahalingam, Bhaskara R. Jasti -- Carrier- and vector-mediated delivery systems for biological macromolecules / Jae Hyung Park, Jin-Seok Kim, Ick Chan Kwon -- Physical targeting approaches to drug delivery / Xin Guo -- Ligand-based targeting approaches to drug delivery / Andrea Wamsley -- Programmable drug delivery systems / Shiladitya Bhattacharya, Appala Raju Sagi, Manjusha Gutta, Rajasekhar Chiruvella, Ramesh R. Boinpally.
