Challenges and recent progress in oral drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals

B Homayun, X Lin, HJ Choi - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Routes of drug administration and the corresponding physicochemical characteristics of a
given route play significant roles in therapeutic efficacy and short term/long term biological …

Current trends in polymer microneedle for transdermal drug delivery

KAS Al-Japairai, S Mahmood, SH Almurisi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery using microneedles is increasingly gaining interest due to the
issues associated with oral drug delivery routes. Gastrointestinal route exposes the drug to …

[HTML][HTML] Oral delivery of proteins and peptides: Challenges, status quo and future perspectives

Q Zhu, Z Chen, PK Paul, Y Lu, W Wu, J Qi - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Proteins and peptides (PPs) have gradually become more attractive therapeutic molecules
than small molecular drugs due to their high selectivity and efficacy, but fewer side effects …

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 …

Dissolvable Microneedles Coupled with Nanofiber Dressings Eradicate Biofilms via Effectively Delivering a Database-Designed Antimicrobial Peptide

Y Su, VL Mainardi, H Wang, A McCarthy, YS Zhang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biofilms in chronic wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and venous leg
ulcers, pose a major challenge to wound management. Herein, we report a Janus-type …

Design principles of microneedles for drug delivery and sampling applications

Z Le, J Yu, YJ Quek, B Bai, X Li, Y Shou, B Myint, C Xu… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Microneedles technology is a powerful platform to achieve efficient transdermal delivery of
bioactive molecules for local or systemic therapies attributing to their minimally invasive …

Transdermal cold atmospheric plasma-mediated immune checkpoint blockade therapy

G Chen, Z Chen, D Wen, Z Wang, H Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy against cancer,
challenges associated with low objective response rates and severe systemic side effects …

Strategies to develop polymeric microneedles for controlled drug release

BZ Chen, YT He, ZQ Zhao, YH Feng, L Liang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The remarkable appeal of microneedle controlled-release systems has captivated both the
academic community and pharmaceutical industry due to their great potential for achieving …

Microneedle system for transdermal drug and vaccine delivery: devices, safety, and prospects

X He, J Sun, J Zhuang, H Xu, Y Liu, D Wu - Dose-response, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Microneedle (MN) delivery system has been greatly developed to deliver drugs into the skin
painlessly, noninvasively, and safety. In the past several decades, various types of MNs …

Microneedles: Characteristics, materials, production methods and commercial development

A Tucak, M Sirbubalo, L Hindija, O Rahić, J Hadžiabdić… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although transdermal drug delivery systems (DDS) offer numerous benefits for patients,
including the avoidance of both gastric irritation and first-pass metabolism effect, as well as …