Polymers for Oral Drug Delivery Technologies
- 1st Edition - September 30, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editor: Anilkumar Parambath
- Language: English
Polymers for Oral Drug Delivery Technologies covers the fundamentals of oral drug delivery and various aspects of polymer technology in oral drug delivery, from classi… Read more
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Description
Description
Polymers play an important role to achieve the targeted release profile consistently of an API in vivo by various functionalities like drug protection from gastric juice, fast release and supersaturation or release within a targeted area of the GI tract.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a comprehensive update on the state of polymer technology for oral drug delivery, bringing the reader up-to-speed via a single reference
- Covers a range of polymer technology types, including capsule forming polymers, matrix formers, functional polymer coatings, and more
- Contains contributions from global experts spanning academia and industry, offering an interdisciplinary and translational approach to polymers for oral drug delivery
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section A. Fundamentals of Oral Drug Delivery
1. GI tract environment (e.g. gastric juice, bile salts, pH, amylases, proteases etc.)
2. GI tract motility and transport
3. Drug absorption and pre-systemic metabolism and PK modelling
4. In vitro dissolution and predictive release testing
5. Principle characteristics and specification of pharmaceutical polymers
6. Regulatory Aspects of Polymers Used and new polymers for Oral Medication
Section B. Role Polymer Technology in Oral Drug Delivery
7. Classes/types of polymers used in oral delivery (natural, semi-synthetic, synthetic), their chemical structure and general functionalities
8. Role of polymers in Tableting
9. Capsule forming Polymers
10. Dry and wet Granulation
11. Matrix formers
12. Functional Polymer Coatings (IR, easy to swallow, enteric etc.)
13. Amorphous systems (e.g. HME, SD)
14. Micro/Nanoparticles
15. Taste masking polymers
16. Polymers in Orally disintegrating tablets and Orally dissolving films
17. Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
18. Mucoadhesive forms
19. Gastro-retentive forms
20. Polymer blends and additives
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 7, 2024
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Anilkumar Parambath
Dr Anilkumar Parambath is Senior R&D Manager of YTY Group, Indorama Corp., Perak, Malaysia. Prior to this, he was R&D Manager, Science & Technology at Unilever (2021-2024); Senior Manager and Head of Capsules Product R&D, ACG Capsules, Mumbai, India (2018-2021) and Principal Investigator for Performance and Specialty Materials at Syngene International Ltd, Bangalore India (2017-2018), where he worked on developing various elastomers, silicones, acrylics and other polymers for biomedical applications. He completed his PhD in Chemistry (Polymer Science) at the University of Kerala, India, and spent 7 years conducting post-doctoral research at Clemson University, USA, French atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France, and the University of British Columbia, Canada. HIs expertise is in polymer science, materials science, green chemistry, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, and biomaterials science. Dr. Parambath has edited three books on polymer biomaterials in drug delivery applications, including two with Elsevier, and has published many books chapters and journal articles. He has two patents to his name. In 2024, he was recognized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as a Sustainability Star.