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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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Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems
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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,