Collections and calls for papers

Advances in Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK)/Biopharmaceutics (PBBM) models

Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models have seen significant adoption in the recent years to inform both drug development as well as regulatory interactions in diverse areas such as prediction o...

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Applications of Model informed Drug Development (MiDD) in Drug Development Lifecycle and Regulatory Review

Model-informed drug development (MiDD) is the application of quantitative models in drug development to facilitate the decision-making process and regulatory reviews. If applied successfully, MiDD approaches...

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Cytoplasmic Delivery of Bioactives

Most therapeutic agents are designed to exert their pharmacological actions by modulating intracellular components targeting specific organelles. However, many of these agents - particularly macromolecules s...

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Emerging Leaders in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

In this Pharmaceutical Research special issue, Guest Editor Dr. Vivek Gupta highlights the work of early career researchers - specifically, that of new faculty members or recent PhDs. Browse journal articles...

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Enabling Efficient Design of Biological Formulation through Advanced Characterizations

Biologics continues to rapidly expand their already predominant role in the modern pharmaceutical market. The ultimate goal of drug product development is to deliver a high-quality product with desired bioav...

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Improving Product Quality through Process and Materials Understanding

This special issue of Pharmaceutical Research, Improving Product Quality through Process and Materials Understanding, includes contributions from various areas in solid drug development in honor of Professor...

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Ionic liquids-based drug delivery

Ionic liquids (ILs) are generally referred to as salts comprised of organic cations and anions with melting points lower than 100 °C. Owing to low volatility, nonflammability, and high stability to both ther...

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Long-acting Formulations

Long acting formulations are recently attracting increased attention to improve patient adherence to medications. For example, in the HIV field, several scientists are currently actively pursuing development...

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Model-Guided Development of Robust, Optimized, and Intensified Pharmaceutical Processes for Drug Products

The papers contained in this special issue aim to enhance process understanding, yield novel and interesting processing insights, and/or enable development of robust, optimal, or intensified pharmaceutical p...

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Multiphysics Simulation in Drug Development and Delivery

In recent years, multiphysics simulation as an emerging technology has revolutionised drug development remarkably. From microscale to macroscale, a wide spectrum of models have been applied to mimic human in...

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NIPTE Pathfinding Working Group Report: Collective Perspectives on Accelerating Drug Product Development and Approval

National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) brought together groups of thought leaders from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies to discuss the critical elements needed to acc...

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Nucleic Acid Delivery

There has been a significant progress in the clinical applications of nucleic acids, including RNA and DNA, for treating human diseases. Antisense oligonucleotide was first approved to treat cytomegalovirus ...

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Pharmaceutical Particle and Crystal Engineering

Particles and crystals play an essential role in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Successful manufacturing and quality of finished pharmaceutical products critically depend on powder properties, such as flowabi...

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Pulmonary drug delivery systems

Inhalation therapy has been popular for the treatment of pulmonary diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Recently, inhalation therapy has also attracted increasing intere...

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Roles and Application of Extracellular Vesicles Occurring Endogenously and Naturally

Endogenous nanoparticles are derived from cells/tissues in the body such as exosomes which work for inter-tissue communication. Since they include microRNA and other molecules, they affect expression of drug...

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Translational Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in CNS and Beyond

This special issue, entitled "Translational Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in CNS and beyond" is dedicated to Emerita Professor Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes, former Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and...

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Transporting Pharmaceutical Sciences into the 21st Century

This special issue, entitled "Transporting Pharmaceutical Sciences into the 21st Century" is dedicated to Professor David E Smith, the John G. Wagner Collegiate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and forme...

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Women in Pharmaceutical Research

In partnership with AAPS’ Women In Pharmaceutical Science (WIPS) Community, Pharmaceutical Research seeks to acknowledge and promote female researchers. As such, this edition of Pharmaceutical Research featu...

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