Drug Delivery Systems

Overview

Drug delivery systems are technologies used to deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients or drugs to target sites in the body. These systems improve the effectiveness and safety of drugs, enabling therapeutic amounts of medication to be delivered directly to the desired area of the body, reducing the side-effects associated with the use of the drug. Drug delivery systems can range from simple to complex, biodegradable, and non-biodegradable. Examples of drug delivery systems include oral medications, topical creams, patches, implants, nanoparticles, and biodegradable stents. Drug delivery systems can benefit patients by improving the efficacy and safety of drugs, as well as potentially reducing medical costs and increasing patient compliance. This technology is gaining increased attention in medicine and is expected to play a key role in the future of drug delivery.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 329 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Tuning the biological scaffolds’ performance by the combination of two antioxidant and antimicrobial chitosan derivatives
  2026 · Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications
• Biodegradable chitosan-cellulose and sub-spherical nanocrystals composite piezoelectric thin film
  2026 · npj Flexible Electronics
• Stimuli‐Responsive Crosslinked Chitosan/PVP/PEG Hydrogel Networks for Targeted Drug Delivery and Antimicrobial Performance
  2026 · Analytical Science Advances
• A shear-thinning bio-adhesive sealant with wet tissue adhesion and instant haemostasis
  2026 · Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
• Chitosan Nanoparticles: A Comparative Analysis of Synthesis Techniques and Controlled Release Mechanisms for Biomedical Applications
  2026 · BioNanoScience
• Biocompatible chitosan-gelatine-silk hydrogel for the temporary storage of hair follicles during transplantation
  2026 · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
• Research progress on modified chitosan hydrogels for tissue repair and regeneration
  2026 · Carbohydrate Polymers
• Development and characterization of hybrid hydrogels derived from decellularized human umbilical cord for tissue engineering applications
  2026 · Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

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