Microneedle array systems for long-acting drug delivery

LK Vora, K Moffatt, IA Tekko, AJ Paredes… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of microneedles (MNs) assisted drug delivery technologies have been
highly active for more than two decades. The minimally invasive and self-administered MN …

Nanocrystals as a master key to deliver hydrophobic drugs via multiple administration routes

MB McGuckin, J Wang, R Ghanma, N Qin… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The poor aqueous solubility of many approved drugs and most new chemical entities poses
a challenge to drug delivery scientists working in academic and industrial labs. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced nanocarrier-and microneedle-based transdermal drug delivery strategies for skin diseases treatment

F Qu, R Geng, Y Liu, J Zhu - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Skin diseases are the fourth leading cause of nonfatal and chronic skin diseases, acting as a
global burden and affecting the world economy. Skin diseases severely impact the patients' …

Beneath the skin: a review of current trends and future prospects of transdermal drug delivery systems

AZ Alkilani, J Nasereddin, R Hamed, S Nimrawi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ideal drug delivery system has a bioavailability comparable to parenteral dosage forms
but is as convenient and easy to use for the patient as oral solid dosage forms. In recent …

[HTML][HTML] Hollow microneedle assisted intradermal delivery of hypericin lipid nanocapsules with light enabled photodynamic therapy against skin cancer

H Abd-El-Azim, IA Tekko, A Ali, A Ramadan… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) to manage non-melanoma skin cancers has garnered great
attention over the past few years. Hypericin (Hy) is a potent lipid-soluble photosensitiser with …

Dissolving microneedle patches loaded with amphotericin B microparticles for localised and sustained intradermal delivery: Potential for enhanced treatment of …

K Peng, LK Vora, IA Tekko, AD Permana… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fungal infections affect millions of people globally and are often unreceptive to conventional
topical or oral preparations because of low drug bioavailability at the infection site, lack of …

Fabrication, evaluation and applications of dissolving microneedles

L Zhang, R Guo, S Wang, X Yang, G Ling… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, transdermal preparations have emerged as one of the most promising
modes of administration. In particular, dissolving microneedles have attracted extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Recent approaches for enhancing the performance of dissolving microneedles in drug delivery applications

T Bauleth-Ramos, N El-Sayed, F Fontana, M Lobita… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Dissolving microneedles (dMNs) are promising versatile drug delivery systems for the
transdermal delivery of numerous drugs, enabling their use in a wide range of biomedical …

Novel bilayer microarray patch‐assisted long‐acting micro‐depot cabotegravir intradermal delivery for HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis

IA Tekko, LK Vora, F Volpe‐Zanutto… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable long‐acting cabotegravir (CAB LA) is effective and safe for pre‐exposure HIV
prophylaxis. It is recently approved for clinical use in those at high risk of contracting HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in drug-and vaccine-based dissolvable microneedle materials and methods of fabrication

LE Moore, S Vucen, AC Moore - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microneedle patches, also called microarray patches (MAP), are an emerging technology for
delivery and sampling of drugs, vaccines and other materials. This review focuses on the …