Wang (drug discovery, chemistry, Georgia State University) brings readers up to speed on principles and applications in the field of drug delivery. International contributors review fundamentals such as physiochemical and biological barriers, drug delivery pathways, and cell culture models used in studying drug delivery, then describe specific drug delivery strategies. A final chapter covers intellectual property. Each chapter is structured to give an overview of the topic and provide examples. Coverage embraces receptor-mediated drug delivery, oral protein and peptide drug delivery, gene therapy and gene delivery, and efflux transporters in drug excretion. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

BINGHE WANG, PhD, is a professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Drug Discovery, and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scientist in the Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University. He is Editor in Chief of Medicinal Research Reviews and a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee of the American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry. TERUNA SIAHAAN, PhD, is a professor in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, University of Kansas, and a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. RICHARD A. SOLTERO, PhD, President of PharmaDirections, Inc., is an executive- level scientist with extensive experience managing multisite and multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology labs.

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