What’s the secret of optimal drug delivery? Biomaterials researchers believe it’s all in the timing and design of novel materials exhibting these properties. Scientists working at the interface ...

This interview addresses the challenges and complexities of developing and manufacturing controlled-release drug formulations. Could you introduce yourself and your expertise in drug development and ...

With the right excipients, formulators can control when, where, and how an API is released. Demand for controlled-release formulations is expanding as patients’ expectations for greater convenience ...

Modern biomedical applications and drug delivery have paved the way for controlled release technologies in the healthcare industry. This paper details the nuances of controlled release systems, ...

Industry experts share their perspectives on key advances in controlled-release drug delivery and future innovations in this arena. The performance of a drug can often be optimized by controlling the ...

Patient-centric drug development is a concept that has proven to be divisive: Some see it as nothing but a buzzword, while others have embraced the concept completely. Either way, it has garnered much ...

A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer's electric ...

ICL is helping farmers get the most from their fertiliser inputs with the help of controlled release fertilisers (CRF). With one single application of controlled release fertilisers one can manage the ...

Certain drugs are toxic by nature. For example, anti-cancer drugs developed to kill diseased cells also harm healthy ones. To limit the side effects of chemotherapy, it would be a great step forward ...

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...

The production and use of microplastics intentionally added to controlled-release fertilizers and pesticides should be prohibited, a report from the advocacy group Center for International ...