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The scope of drug delivery has developed immensely in the past few decades by introducing a wide range of advanced drug delivery systems. Conventional forms of drug delivery system are generally based on pills, tablets, capsules, eye drops, ointments, and parenteral formulations. In recent times, different novel drug delivery methods have been studied. Some of the methods are chemical modification of drug, liposome that are administered into the bloodstream, and drug incorporated within pumps or polymeric materials those are administered orally, or through parenteral route or implanted in desired bodily compartments (for example, the eye or beneath the skin). This development causes increased therapeutic activity compared to the intensity of side effects, decreasing the required dose during treatment, or eliminating the need for frequent injections. Thus the newer types of delivery systems improve human health and patience compliance, and continuous research on this may transform the way many drugs are delivered.

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Jana, S., Sen, S.O., Sen, K.K. (2017). Introduction to Novel Therapeutic Carriers. In: Jana, S., Jana, S. (eds) Particulate Technology for Delivery of Therapeutics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3647-7_1

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