Pharmaceutical scientists throughout the world are trying to explore thin films as a novel
drug delivery tool. Thin films have been identified as an alternative approach to conventional …

Skin is considered as an important route of administration of drugs for both local and
systemic effects. The effectiveness of topical therapy depends on the physicochemical …

Film-forming formulations represent a novel form of sustained release dermatic products.
They are applied to the skin as a liquid or semi-solid preparation. By evaporation of the …

Despite many available approaches for transdermal drug delivery, patient compliance and
drug targeting at the desired concentration are still concerns for effective therapies. Precise …

Polymeric film-forming systems (FFSs) are potential drug delivery systems for topical
application to the skin. The FFSs form thin and transparent polymeric films in situ upon …

Introduction: Dosing regimens requiring multiple daily applications frequently result in poor
patient compliance, especially in the treatment of chronic skin diseases. Consequently …

Skin‐mediated drug delivery methods currently are receiving significant attention as a
promising approach for the enhanced delivery of drugs through the skin. Skin‐mediated …

Purpose Propolis extract is an extraction of a resinous mixture of honey bees produced by
mixing saliva and beeswax with exudate gathered from tree. The prominent …

Medicated foams and film forming systems are dosage forms formulated to undergo a
controlled metamorphosis when applied on the skin. Indeed, due to the presence of …

Introduction: Methyl methacrylate copolymers (Eudragit®) have been exploited to develop
transdermal patches, medicated plasters (hereinafter patches) and, more recently, film …