NDDS e-learning resource is designed to impart basic knowledge, and understand various approaches in novel drug delivery systems.
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- Ocular Drug Delivery Systems: Introduction
Ophthalmic treatments for eye diseases rely mostly on eye drop medication administered to the patients in an outpatient setting. Eye … - Introduction to Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems
For a long time, the vagina was considered as an organ incapable of systematically absorbing drugs. The development of newer …Introduction to Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems Read More »
- Applications of microencapsulation and challenges
Microencapsulation is widely used to manufacture prolonged-release dosage forms, pulsatile release dosage forms, and targeted drug delivery systems. Apart from …Applications of microencapsulation and challenges Read More »
- General concepts in mucosal drug delivery
The basic substrate of the mucosal drug delivery system is the mucus layer. This layer comprises 95 % water and … - Introduction: Mucosal Drug Delivery System
Administration of drugs by targeting the mucosal membranes such as the lining of the mouth, vagina, and bladder is called … - IUD (Intrauterine Device) Applications
A wide variety of ever-increasing IUD drug delivery systems with different formulations and properties are available in the market. We … - Methods of Microencapsulation and Process
The method of microencapsulation depends on the core material, the application of the microcapsule, size of particles needed, release characteristics … - Microencapsulation: Advantages and disadvantages
Microencapsulation means applying relatively thin coatings to small particles of solids or droplets of liquids or dispersions. It involves the …Microencapsulation: Advantages and disadvantages Read More »
- Transmucosal permeability and Formulations
Transmucosal permeability refers to the transport of material such as drugs across the oral mucosa. Transmucosal permeability is a unique … - Constituents of multiparticulate drug delivery system
Multiparticulate drug delivery systems consist of three common constituents: microparticles, microcapsules, and microspheres. These microcarriers do not traverse through the …Constituents of multiparticulate drug delivery system Read More »
- Implants and Osmotic pumps: Types and Uses
Implantable drug delivery systems – Implants and Osmotic pumps: Implants are sterile solid masses intended for implantation into the body … - Pharmaceutical Polymers: Properties and advantages
Introduction : In the earlier chapter, Polymers definition, and Polymer classification, we discussed that Polymers are classified according to their …Pharmaceutical Polymers: Properties and advantages Read More »
- Polymers Applications in controlled release of Medicines
In the pharmaceutical industry, polymers are extensively used to produce various dosage forms. These include both conventional dosage forms and …Polymers Applications in controlled release of Medicines Read More »
- Implantable Drug Delivery System
Introduction: Despite being the most popular route of administration, the delivery of drugs via the oral route is undoubtedly not … - Polymers definition and Poylmers classificationIntroduction : Polymers are widely used for many purposes, ranging from cooking utensils to electronic components manufacturing. These long-chain organic …
NDDS Syllabus Chapters (Courtesy: PCI)
- Controlled drug delivery systems: Introduction, terminology/definitions, and rationale,
- advantages, disadvantages, selection of drug candidates. Approaches to design controlled release formulations based on diffusion, dissolution, and ion exchange principles.
- Physicochemical and biological properties of drugs relevant to controlled release formulations
- Polymers: Introduction, classification
- Polymers: properties, advantages
- application of polymers in the formulation of controlled release drug delivery systems.
- Microencapsulation: Definition, advantages, and disadvantages
- Microencapsulation: microspheres/microcapsules, microparticles
- Methods of microencapsulation
- Microencapsulation: applications
- Mucosal Drug Delivery system: Introduction, Principles of bioadhesion/mucoadhesion
- Mucosal Drug Delivery system: concepts, advantages, and disadvantages
- Transmucosal permeability and formulation considerations of buccal delivery systems
- Implantable Drug Delivery Systems: Introduction, advantages, and disadvantages
- Implantable Drug Delivery Systems: the concept of implants and osmotic pump
- Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems: Introduction, Permeation through skin, factors
- affecting permeation, permeation enhancers, basic components of TDDS, formulation
- approaches
- Gastro retentive drug delivery systems: Introduction, advantages, disadvantages,
- approaches for GRDDS – Floating, high-density systems, inflatable and gastroadhesive systems and their applications
- Nasopulmonary drug delivery system: Introduction to Nasal and Pulmonary routes of drug delivery, Formulation of Inhalers (dry powder and metered dose), nasal sprays, nebulizers
- Targeted drug Delivery: Concepts and approaches advantages and disadvantages,
- introduction to liposomes, niosomes, nanoparticles, monoclonal antibodies, and their applications
- Ocular Drug Delivery Systems: Introduction, intraocular barriers, and methods to overcome –Preliminary study, ocular formulations, and ocuserts
- Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems: Introduction, advantages, and disadvantages.
- Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems: development of intrauterine devices (IUDs)
- Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems: applications