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Lecture 5
Robert S. Langer
Advances in Controlled Drug Release
Technology : An Overview
toxic
ineffective
Sustained release
Controlled release – Ideal Case
Objectives of Controlled Release
• Provide defines drug release kinetics
• Avoid toxic systemic levels (local delivery)
→ target specific tissue
• Improve patient compliance by avoiding
repeated injections
• Protect drug from premature
breakdown/elimination → improve in vivo
bioavailability
DIFFUSION CONTROLLED
MATRIX