A review and classification of emerging excipients in parenteral medications

A review and classification of emerging excipients in parenteral medications
Ugwu, Sydney O.
3/1/2003
Pharmaceutical Technology
As parenteral drug delivery becomes more complex and sophisticated, excipients that can facilitate drug (or gene) delivery to specific therapeutic targets will be required. An overwhelming majority of these excipients are derived from natural sources.
The International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council defines excipients as "substances, other than the active drug substance of finished dosage form, which have been appropriately evaluated for safety and are included in a drug delivery system to either aid the processing of the drug delivery system during its ...
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