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Dendritic polymers for dermal drug delivery
Kaushalkumar Dave1, Venkata Vamsi Krishna Venuganti2
1Current Affiliation: Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA.
Abstract:
Skin-mediated therapeutic delivery is a potential alternative to traditional drug delivery approaches. However, dermal drug delivery is limited to the molecules with optimal physico-chemical properties. To overcome this barrier for delivering 'nonideal' drug molecules across the skin, different drug carriers and penetration enhancement methods have been investigated. Conventional chemical and physical approaches for dermal drug delivery are limited by their skin irritation potential, complexity of application and poor patient compliance. In recent years, dendritic polymers have shown potential in improving the dermal delivery of various molecules. With minimal skin irritation potential and high drug loading capacity, dendrimers offer multiple advantages for improving delivery of drugs across the skin. The current review aims to provide an overview of dendritic polymers for dermal (topical and transdermal) drug delivery. [Formula: see text].
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