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Emphasizing four major classes of polymers for drug delivery-water-soluble polymers, hydrogels, biodegradable polymers, and polymer assemblies-this reference surveys efforts to adapt, modify, and tailor polymers for challenging molecules such as poorly water-soluble compounds, peptides/proteins, and plasmid DNA.
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DK2976_half-series-title.qxd 3/23/05 9:44 AM Page A Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems DK2976_half-series-title.qxd 3/23/05 9:44 AM Page B DRUGS AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Executive Editor James Swarbrick PharmaceuTech, Inc. Pinehurst, North Carolina Advisory Board Larry L. Augsburger Harry G. Brittain University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland Center for Pharmaceutical Physics Milford, New Jersey Jennifer B. Dressman Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Anthony J. Hickey University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, North Carolina Jeffrey A. Hughes University of Florida College of Pharmacy Gainesville, Florida Trevor M. Jones The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry London, United Kingdom Vincent H. L. Lee Ajaz Hussain U.S. Food and Drug Administration Frederick, Maryland Hans E. Junginger Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research Leiden, The Netherlands Stephen G. Schulman University of Southern California Los Angeles, California University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Jerome P. Skelly Elizabeth M. Topp Alexandria, Virginia Geoffrey T. Tucker University of Sheffield Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, United Kingdom University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Lawrence, Kansas Peter York University of Bradford School of Pharmacy Bradford,