Release system, controlled market estimate

It is estimated that 90% of all medicines usage is in oral forms and oral products consistently comprise more than half the annual drag delivery market. It is the preferred route of administration, being convenient, controlled by the patient and needs no skilled medical intervention. Considerable success has been achieved with various types of controlled-release systems for peroral delivery, which are used to prolong drag effects. 

Polymer science has been the backbone of pharmaceuticals for decades. The amalgamation of polymer science with pharmaceutical science led to a quantum leap in terms of novelty (fiexibiUty in physical state, shape, size and surface) in DDS design and development. The market for controlled-release polymer systems, which extends beyond drug delivery, is now estimated at 60 billion annually worldwide and its systems are used by over 100 million people each year. Growth of world consumption of technical textiles is expected to come primarily from nonwoven materials, especially spunlaid products, which are made from polymers rather than fibers or filament yams. 

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