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The 42nd CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition was held at the International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 26– 29, 2015. Prior to the meeting, the premeeting Ocular Drug Delivery workshop, held on July 25, aimed at bringing together leading researchers from both academia and industry…
Introduction In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the level of oxygenation surrounding the cancerous cells is low compared with normal tissue owing to the rapid growth of the tumor cells. The decreased blood circulation results in development of pockets of lower oxygen levels, resulting in…
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Yvonne Perrie University of Strathclyde Glasgow, ScotlandIt is one the most exciting sports stories of all time—Leicester City Football Club won the English Premier League title. For those of you outside England, you may question this statement. But the background to this is rather…
Agis KydonieusAgis Kydonieus is the founder and president of Samos Pharmaceuticals LLC and cofounder of KAT Transdermals LLC and InteguRx Therapeutics LLC. He has 30+ years of extensive experience in preclinical as well as phase I–III clinical development and has launched several products in the…
Macromolecular prodrugs (MP), or polymer–drug conjugates, are successful tools of drug delivery investigated broadly toward optimization of pharmacokinetics of drugs.1 Specific advantage is gained when, for example, the polymer increases solubility of the drug or aids in localizing an enhanced…
