Table of Contents:
  • New materials and systems for drug delivery and targeting
  • The use of bioadhesive polymers as a means of improving drug delivery
  • Some novel aspects of transdermal drug delivery
  • Controlled drug release using hydrogels based on poly(ethylene glycoles) : macrogels and microgels
  • Structural investigations of the monolayers and vesicular bilayers formed by a novel class of nonionic surfactant
  • Non-ionic surfactant vesicles and colloidal targeting delivery systems : the role of surfactant conformation
  • Monofunctional poly(ethylene glycol) : characterisation and purity for protein-modification applications
  • Lactose : the influence of particle size and structure on drug delivery
  • Functional differences and regulatory aspects of lactose products labelled as lactose modified
  • Flexibility in tablet formulation by use of lactose based direct compression compounds
  • Compressional and tableting performance of high density grades of microcrystalline cellulose
  • Starch based drug delivey systems
  • Trehalose and novel hydrophobic sugar glasses in drug stabilization and delivery
  • Aqueous shellac solutions for controlled release coatings.