Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems

Fundamental considerations: overview of ocular drug delivery, Sreeraj Macha, Patrick M. Hughes, and Ashim K. Mitra membrane transport processes in the eye, Gangadhar Sunkara and Uday Kompella general considerations in ocular drug disposition, JamesE. Chastain. Transport models in ocular drug delivery: ocular drug transfer following systemic drug administration, Nelson L. Jumbe and Michael Miller ocular pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, Ronald Schoenwald mathematical modelling of drugdistribution in the vitreous humour, Stuart Friederich, Bradley Saville, and Yu-Ling Cheng anterior segment microdialysis, Kay Rittenhouse posterior segment microdialysis, Sreeraj Macha and Ashim K. Mitra. Drug delivery systems: conventional systems ocular penetration enhancers, Thomas Wai-Yip Lee and Joseph Robinson corneal collagen shields for ocular delivery, Shiro Higaki, Marvin E. Myles, Jeanette M. Loutsch, and James M. Hill the non-corneal route in ocular drug delivery, Imran Ahmed oculariontophoresis, Marvin E. Myles, Jeanete M. Loutsch, Shiro Higaki, and James M. Hill mucoadhesive polymers in ophthalmic drug delivery, Thomas Johnston, Clapton Dias, Hemant Alur and Ashim K. Mitra microparticulates and nanoparticles in ocular drugdelivery, Murali K. Kothuri, Swathi Pinnamaneni, Nandita G. Das, and Sudip K. Das dendrimers - an innovative and enhanced ocular drug delivery system, jeanette M. Loutsch, Desiree Ong, and James M. Hill delivery of macromolecular therapeutic agents ocular delivery and therapeutics of peptides and proteins, Surajit Dey, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, and Ashim K. Mitra retinal disease models for development of drug and gene therapies, Leena Pitkanen, Lotta Salminen, and Arto Urtti new experimentaltherapeutic approaches for degenerative diseases of the retina, Joyce Tombran-Tink gene, oligonucleotide and ribozyme therapy in the eye, Sudip K. Das and Keith J. Miller. Regulatory aspects: regulatory considerations, Robert E. Roehrs and Scott D.Krueger patent considerations, Robert E. Roehrs.