IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD The use of topical agents poses unique and challenging hurdles for drug delivery. Topical steroids effectively control ocular inflammation, but are associated with the well-recognized dilemma of patient compliance. Although administration of topical antimicrobials as prophylaxis is acceptable among ophthalmologists, this common practice has no sound evidence base. Develo...

Nanosponge and Microsponge delivery System was originally developed for topical delivery of drugs can also be used for controlled oral delivery of drugs using water soluble and bioerodible polymers. It holds a promising future in various pharmaceutical applications in the coming years like enhanced product performance and elegancy, extended release, reduced irritation, improved thermal, physica...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate lecithin-chitosan nanoparticles as a topical delivery system for quercetin. METHODS Tocopheryl propylene glycol succinate was chosen to be the surfactant for the nanosystem. The mean particle size of the nanoparticles was 95.3 nm, and the entrapment efficiency and drug loading for quercetin were 48.5% and 2.45%, respectively. Topical del...

Liposomal carriers, eminent for their potential in topical drug delivery have been chosen to help embedding of nystatin molecules in the skin layers. The objective of present study was to develop and carry out rheological investigations of nystatin liposomal gel by using optimization technology in terms of 2 factorial design. In this study attempts have been made to formulate liposomal dispersi...

Nowadays about 74% of drugs are taken orally and found not to be as effective required. To improve such characters transdermal drug delivery system was emerged. Drug through the skin attain a systemic effect is commonly known differs from traditional topical delivery. Transdermal systems (TDDS) dosage forms involves transport viable epidermal or dermal tissues for local therapeutic while very m...

Ocular drug delivery is challenging field to pharmaceutical scientists owing to the underlying anatomical, physiological and dynamic constraints put forth by the eye. Nonetheless, there is increasing need to overcome these barriers for the treatment of sight threatening ophthalmic ailments. Novel drug delivery strategies are being explored while intravitreal injections are still a standard trea...

Topical drug delivery system faced many problems like poor permeability, skin irritation, allergic reactions etc. The new developed colloidal system called nanosponge has potential to overcome these problems. Nanosponge are tiny sponges having size of about a virus and can easily penetrate through skin. Nanosponge play vital role in targeting drug delivery in a controlled manner. Both lipophili...