TY - CHAP AU - Ana Rita Fernandes AU - Ana Oliveira AU - Jorge Pereira AU - Pedro Silva Coelho ED - Sabyasachi Maiti ED - Kalyan Kumar Sen Y1 - 2017-05-11 PY - 2017 T1 - Nuclear Medicine and Drug Delivery N2 - The goal of any novel drug delivery system is to provide therapeutic benefits to the patients by increasing duration of drug action, reducing dosing frequency, and controlling drug release rate at the target site, thereby reducing unwanted side effects. Advanced Technology for Delivering Therapeutics is a reference book that covers recent developments in the field of drug delivery science and technology. The purpose of this book is to bring together descriptions of some selective technologies including new and promising nanotechnology currently being investigated for drug delivery applications. This book is a useful source of information for graduate and post-graduate students of pharmacy and biomedical science; pharmaceutical & other researchers involved in designing newer drug delivery systems both in academia and industry. BT - Advanced Technology for Delivering Therapeutics SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/65708 DO - 10.5772/65708 SN - 978-953-51-3122-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-27 ER -