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Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting
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Abstract
The students gain an overview on current principles, methodologies and systems for controlled delivery and targeting of drugs. This enables the students to understand and evaluate the field in terms of scientific criteria.
Objective
The students dispose of an overview on current principles and systems for the controlled delivery and targeting of drugs. The focus of the course lies on developing a capacity to understand the involved technologies and methods, as well as an appreciation of the chances and constraints of their therapeutic usage, with prime attention on therapeutic peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and vaccines.
Content
The course covers the following topics: formulation and delivery of therapeutic peptides and proteins; vaccine delivery systems, delivery systems for therapies with growth factors; general introduction to drug targeting; diagnostic and therapeutic targeting of radiopharmaceuticals; drug delivery systems for ophthalmic use; cell penetrating peptides as vectors for cellular delivery; systems for gene delivery; drug delivery in the context of tissue engineering with mesenchymal stem cells. For completion students will report and discuss selected publications and developments in diverse fields of drug delivery and targeting
Resources
Lecture Notes
Selected lecture notes, documents and supporting material will be directly provided or may be downloaded usinghttp://www.galenik.ethz.ch/teaching/drug_del_drug_targThe website also displays additional information on peroral delivery systems, the gastrointestinal transit of pharmaceuticals, transdermal systems and systems for alternative routes of delivery. These fields are covered in detail in the course Galenische Pharmazie II (Galenical Pharmacy II).
Literature
A.M. Hillery, A.W. Lloyd, J. Swarbrick (Hrsg). Drug Delivery und Targeting, Taylor & Francis, London and New York 2001. Further references will be provided in the course.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture | Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting |
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Biomaterials and Molecular Bioengineering (Common Major of ETH Zurich and ETH Lausanne. A minimum of 32 credits are necessary for this major.)
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Electives for All Tracks (The suggested elective courses for each track are available on the website of the Master Program Biomedical Engineering ( ).)
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