Processed Excipients in Advanced Drug Delivery

Excipients are important components of drug formulations, playing a critical role in ensuring the safety, efficacy, and stability of pharmaceutical products. In recent years, there has been a growing demand for advanced drug delivery systems that can improve the bioavailability, targeting, and sustained release of therapeutics. The development of these systems relies heavily not only on excipients but also on the use of processed excipients, which have been specifically designed and engineered to meet the unique challenges and requirements of advanced drug delivery.

This new volume provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-art research on processed excipients and their utilization in fabrication of advanced drug delivery. Beginning with an introduction and overview, the volume covers novel solid dosage forms, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, nasal drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, transdermal drug delivery, parenteral medication delivery, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of processed excipients, and much more.

Sudarshan Singh, PhD, is presently working as a Reinventing University Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He has authored several technical books for pharmacy graduate students based on the syllabuses of Indian universities as well as several book chapters. He has published more than 100 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals. He has presented many papers and participated as a resource person at international and national conferences. He has been ratified and approved by Pacific University, Rajasthan, India, as a PhD guide. He has four patents to his credit. He is an editorial member of Science Domain International (India, UK, and the USA) and is a reviewer for various international journals. He has ten years of teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate courses of pharmacy along with more than five years of research experience. He has guided several undergraduate and postgraduate students in their project work. He is a life member of professional bodies such as the Society of Pharmacovigilance India and a registered pharmacist at the State Pharmacy Council of Chhattisgarh, India. He has received several grants from the government of Gujarat and Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra, India, and has received travel grants from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India, and the Centre for International Co-operation in Science, Tamil Nadu, India.

Bhupendra Prajapati, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Gujarat, India, and Adjunct Professor at Silpakorn University, Thailand. He has 22 years of academic and research experience and has published more than 250 research and review works in international and national journals. He has delivered invited scientific talks at many conferences and seminars worldwide. He has authored 150 book chapters in the field of novel drug delivery. He edited 20 books with publishers such as Elsevier, AAP CRC, Wiley, Springer, and Jenny Stanford. He is a reviewer for many high-impact journals and is on a editorial board member for several journals.

Rishabha Malviya, PhD, has 12 years of research experience and is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. His areas of interest include formulation optimization, nanoformulation, targeted drug delivery, localized drug delivery, and characterization of natural polymers as pharmaceutical excipients. He has authored more than 150 research and review papers for national and international journals of repute. He holds over 50 patents and has published many papers in reputed national and international journals, for which he received an outstanding reviewer award from Elsevier. He has edited 13 books (Wiley, Springer Nature, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, Apple Academic Press, River Publisher, Lambert, and OMICS Publishing Group) and authored 15 book chapters. His name has been included in the World Top 2% Scientists list by Elsevier BV and Stanford University. He is reviewer, editor, and editorial board member for more than 50 national and international journals. He was an invited author for the magazine Atlas of Science as well as a pharma magazine dealing with B2B industry, Ingredient South Asia. He completed his BPharm at Uttar Pradesh Technical University and MPharm (Pharmaceutics) at Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow Uttar, India.

Sonali Sundram, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Medical and Allied Sciences at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Previously, she was a research scientist on a project of ICMR at King George Medical University, Lucknow, India. After that, she joined the Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology (BBDNIIT), Lucknow. Her PhD (Pharmacy) work was in neurodegeneration and nanoformulation. Her areas of interest include neurodegeneration, clinical research, and artificial intelligence. She has authored or edited 14 books (Wiley, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, River Publisher, IOP Publishing) and has organized more than 15 national and international seminars, conferences, and workshops. She has more than eight patents, both national and international, to her credit. She completed both her BPharm and MPharm (Pharmacology) at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India.