Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream

@article{Allen2004DrugDS,
  title={Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream},
  author={Theresa M. Allen and Pieter R. Cullis},
  journal={Science},
  year={2004},
  volume={303},
  pages={1818 - 1822}
}
Drug delivery systems (DDS) such as lipid- or polymer-based nanoparticles can be designed to improve the pharmacological and therapeutic properties of drugs administered parenterally. Many of the early problems that hindered the clinical applications of particulate DDS have been overcome, with several DDS formulations of anticancer and antifungal drugs now approved for clinical use. Furthermore, there is considerable interest in exploiting the advantages of DDS for in vivo delivery of new drugs… 
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