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Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs: Addressing Key Unmet Needs Across Disease Indications

Roots Analysis

Orally administrable protein / peptide-based therapeutics offer several advantages including, effective treatment of numerous clinical conditions and degenerative disorders. Over 40 oral drug delivery technologies have been designed so far. Pipeline Overview of Oral Peptide and Protein-based Therapeutics.

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Nanoparticle Formulation: A Paradigm Shift towards Novel Drug Delivery

Roots Analysis

Owing to their unique size and physicochemical properties ( surface roughness, surface area, surface energy, crystal structure and shape ), nanoparticles can be widely used as a contrasting agent in medical imaging, a vesicle to cross the blood-brain barrier and a carrier for targeted delivery of genes / drugs, proteins, vaccines and antibiotics.

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Biopharmaceutical Excipient Manufacturing – Current Scenario and Future Trends

Roots Analysis

In the last decade alone, the annual number of approvals of biopharmaceuticals (including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines and gene therapies), by the US FDA, have steadily risen. In fact, over 8,000 biological pharmaceutical products are currently under clinical investigation worldwide. Our Social Media Platform.

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Cell-penetrating peptides as a delivery system for oligonucleotides

Drug Discovery World

Emerging as a new treatment option in rare and orphan disease areas, oligonucleotide therapeutics have matured into a drug class with a broad indication spectrum. Oligonucleotides act on the RNA level through different molecular pathways, but there is a major drawback when using them as drugs: their poor bioavailability and cellular uptake.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

XTalks

According to an analysis of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, one in six US adults reported taking a psychiatric drug at least once in 2013. CNS drugs treat a range of neurologic and psychiatric disorders, such as psychosis, depression, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.

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