Transdermal Drug Delivery

Advances in synthetic materials and skin patch designs have led to transdermal drug delivery products that are more esthetically acceptable and that are capable of delivering sustained dosing of active compounds for several days in a smaller package......more

Prescription Skin Patches

Transdermal drug patches offer the advantages of ease of use, painlessness, disposability, control of drug delivery and avoidance of first-pass metabolism by the liver. New patch designs and formulation technologies are expanding the type and number of ....more

Transdermal Pain Management

Currently approved transdermal pain products include narcotics, NSAIDs, and topical anesthetics. These patches and gels will encounter competition from development-stage transdermal formulations for a number of pain medications presently being marketed in oral or parenteral form. Several of these... more

Transdermal CNS Therapeutics

Unlike several other disease segments, progress toward curative medicine for neurological and related central nervous system disorders has remained elusive. The result is a therapeutic segment that relies heavily on control of symptoms and palliative care. This disappointing picture is being exacerbated by .. more

Transdermal Hormone Replacement Therapy

As life expectancy in the developed world increases and populations age, the incidence and associated morbidity of chronic and acute pain is increasing and placing a higher level of emphasis on pain management as a quality-of-life issue for patients and their families. Responding to this trend, drug developers are increasingly .......more

Active Transdermal Delivery

To expand the limits of transdermal drug delivery, developers are employing microporation techniques and energy sources such as ultrasound, heat and electrical current to affect active transport through the skin. These techniques can increase the upper molecular size limit dramatically........more

Microneedles in Medicine

Advances in the processing of materials on a micro-scale have led to the development and introduction of devices that employ very small needles – microneedles – that  have significant potential in devices for diagnostics, healthcare monitoring and drug delivery by mechanically  ........more

Electroporation

The evolution of drug development and applied genetics are moving beyond traditional models of administration and creating challenges and opportunities for medical technologists. By targeting biologics at the cellular level, researchers are attempting...more

Iontophoresis

To expand the limits of transdermal drug delivery, developers are employing  electrical current to affect active transport through the skin. This technique can increase the upper molecular size limit dramatically, opening up a host of opportunities for transdermal delivery. Iontophoresis products are ........more

Buccal Drug Delivery

Transmucosal delivery offers the potential for once daily dosing of oral drugs and avoids the effects of first pass metabolism. On the provider side, the development of alternative methods of drug administration has improved the ability of physicians to manage specific problems. Practitioners now recognize the rapid onset, relative reliability, and the........more