Publisher's Synopsis
Can improved delivery systems for vaccines be developed? Can oral delivery of peptides or proteins be achieved? Can clinically useful triggered drug delivery systems be developed? Can active drug targeting with microparticulates be achieved? Can cellular or viral delivery systems be designed? These questions stimulated discussion of recent advances and state of the art technology in drug delivery systems in this Fifth International Symposium. Significant advances have been made since the first meeting in 1983. Passive diffusion-based systems from before that time have evolved to dynamic interactive systems recognizing and responding to physiological and biochemical processes. The thirty papers in this volume represent recent research efforts considered to be important to the future development of drug delivery systems. Six major areas of the science and technology of drug delivery systems are covered: immunotherapeutic; oral delivery; triggered and modulated drug delivery systems; targeting and membrane recognition; new delivery systems; and clinical aspects of drug delivery systems.
