title: Drug delivery systems: past, present, and future.
abstract: Drug delivery systems are essential components of drugs controlled release. In the last decades, several drug delivery technologies have emerged including capsules, liposomes, microparticles, nanoparticles, and polymers. These components must be biocompatible, biodegradable, and display a desired biodistribution providing a long-term availability of the therapeutic at specific target over time.
authors.affiliation: Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, 14802-902, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rubiana M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mainardes
authors.forename: Luciano P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002214:Capsules; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D015195:Drug Design; D008081:Liposomes; D008863:Microspheres; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D022701:Virosomes
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002214:Capsules; D008081:Liposomes; D011108:Polymers; D022701:Virosomes