Drug delivery system multicomponent

The complex multicomponent system, called CALAA-01, has been developed by Davis for Calando Pharmaceuticals and is the first of many possible RONDEL therapeutics based on a biomimetic approach to drug delivery [24], The approach combines a linear cationic polymer that incorporates cyclodextrins, a therapeutic payload (siRNA strands that target a specific process), and adamantane molecules modified with biocompatible polyethylene glycol chains (PEGs) or complementary proteins that bind to the target cell types. 

The hydrophilic delivery system described in this review can be extended to drugs with a low water-solubility (e.g., doxorubicin). Such compounds may be incorporated in CT/TPP nanoparticles by means of dextran sulfate complex prior to entrapment [54] or by dissolving them in a polar solvent (acetone, ethanol or acetonitrile) as demonstrated for the relatively hydrophobic peptide cyclosporin A [26,81]. It is quite possible that this approach would work in a multicomponent polymer system as well. 

Finally we mention the interesting example of a multicomponent nanocarrier for bimodal drug delivery, based on CDs and able to release both singlet oxygen and another drug (see Fig. 24). The system... 

The force-mapping method directly measures the enhancement of the mechanical stability of phase-separated multicomponent lipid bilayers caused by the added PS- -PEO amphiphilic diblock copolymer. In addition, the lipid bilayer-(PS-b-PEO) systems mimic membrane-Pluronic systems and provide a platform for obtaining a fundamental understanding of the role of amphiphilic block copolymers in drug delivery applications as well as being a biological response modifier. 

Topical Formulations. Topical formulations by their very nature are usually multicomponent, and it is not surprising that neural networks have been applied to deal with this complexity. The first work was performed on hydrogel formulations containing anti-inflammatory drugs in Japan in 1997 [57], followed up by further studies in 1999 [58] and in 2001 [59]. Lipophilic semisolid emulsion systems have been studied in Slovenia [60, 61] and transdermal delivery formulations of melatonin in Florida [62]. In all cases, the superiority of neural networks over conventional statistics has been reported. 

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