Polymer Engineered Drug Delivery Systems

3 credits · Graduate

Polymers continue to play an integral role in the fabrication and application of novel drug delivery systems by regulating the release of active drug molecules (hydrophilic and hydrophobic) in constant doses over varied time frames (extended, immediate, cyclic, tunable release systems) with the goal of increasing the efficacy and decreasing toxicity of these therapeutic molecules. In other words, polymers influence the clinical performance of drug delivery systems, and this is based on their physicochemical and physicomechanical properties. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about principles, strategies/methods and polymeric biomaterials employed in the design of controlled release drug delivery systems. Furthermore, it will be centered on themes at the interface of pharmaceutics, materials science, and biomedicine covering topics like the fundamentals of polymeric drug delivery systems, their clinical relevance, routes of drug delivery, basic concept of polymer biomaterials, different types of polymeric biomaterials and their application in the design of novel drug delivery systems. FORMATS: Lecture | Tutorial | Seminar