Drug Delivery Systems

To improve the therapeutic effectiveness of bioactives through the development of fit-for-purpose formulations and novel delivery systems.

• Using drug delivery science to overcome hurdles in the drug discovery pipeline, including poor solubility, poor stability, poor bioavailability, non-specificity and rapid metabolism.
• Targeting chemotherapeutics direct to tumours and cancer cells using nano-sized carriers to increase effect and reduce side effects.
• Designing stimulus responsive delivery systems to release doses of medicines where and when required.
• Using cutting-edge delivery technologies to deliver drugs across the gastrointestinal barrier, blood brain barrier and skin barrier (eg using microneedle and 3D printing model).
• Developing injectable and implantable delivery systems which can release medicines over days to months and localise treatment to desired sites in the body.
• Coupling delivery systems with microelectrode arrays to function at the body: machine interface
• Improving safety and quality use of extemporaneously compounded medicines particularly for children.