New Materials and Systems for Drug Delivery and Targeting; The Use of Bioadhesive Polymers as a Means of Improving Drug Delivery; Some Novel Aspects of Transdermal Drug Delivery; Controlled Drug Release Using Hydrogels Based on Poly(ethylene glycols): Macrogels and Microgels; Structural Investigations of the Monolayers and Vesicular Bilayers Formed by a Novel Class of Nonionic Surfactant; Non-ionic Surfactant Vesicles and Colloidal Targeting Delivery Systems: The Role of Surfactant Conformation; Monofunctional Poly(ethylene glycol): Characterisation and Purity for Protein-Modification Applications; Lactose - The Influence of Particle Size and Structure on Drug Delivery; Functional Differences and Regulatory Aspects of Lactose Products Labelled as Lactose Modified; Flexibility in Tablet Formulation by Use of Lactose Based Direct Compression Compounds; Compressional and Tableting Performance of High Density Grades of Microcrystalline Cellulose; Starch Based Drug Delivery Systems; Trehalose and Novel Hydrophobic Sugar Glasses in Drug Stabilization and Delivery; Aqueous Shellac Solutions for Controlled Release Coatings; Information Requirements for Drug Delivery Systems; Subject Index.

This book reflects the modern challenge to devise effective drug delivery and targeting systems, giving particular emphasis to recent innovations in the field.