Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing and Devices
A section of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923).
Section Information
The ‘’Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing, and Devices’’ section of the open-access journal Pharmaceutics will publish novel, original, peer-reviewed research manuscripts, short communications, and invited topical reviews in all areas of Pharmaceutical Technology, and on fundamental and applied research in the field of manufacturing and the development of new drug delivery devices. In particular (but not exclusively), this Section invites contributions that report on the following topics:
Concepts in Basic Pharmaceutical Technology, including Chemical Processing of Pharmaceuticals
- Crystallization;
- Lyophilization;
- Chemical stability of drugs;
- Novel functionalities of excipients, materials selection, and characterization;
- Pharmaceutical process development;
- New drug delivery devices intended for oral, ocular, parenteral, vaginal, rectal, and topical applications;
- New concepts in colloidal drug delivery systems;
- Microencapsulation of drugs and bioactive molecules.
Dosage Forms Design
- Pharmaceutical engineering;
- Targeted drug delivery;
- Novel drug delivery technologies;
- Industrial and development of emerging technologies;
- Personalized dosage forms;
- Scale-up and industrialization, including process validation.
Prodrug Developments
- Prodrug designs;
- Pharmaceutical preformulation and formulation developments.
Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutical preclinical developments;
- In vitro/in vivo correlations;
- Clinical evaluation of formulation technologies;
- Biotechnology, and especially protein–peptide chemistry, related to pharmaceutical technology.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Pharmaceutical Solids: Advanced Manufacturing and Characterization (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Advances and Challenges in Nasal Formulation Developments, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Prospects of Hydrogels in Wound Healing (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- 15th Anniversary of Pharmaceutics—Advances in Process and Formulation Modeling (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Challenges and Innovative Solutions in Nasal Drug Delivery: From Formulation Development to Mode of Administration, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Novel Applications of Modern Excipients in Advanced Pharmaceutical Products (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- 3D Printing Technology Applied to the Preparation of Pediatric Orodispersible Dosage Forms (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Pharmaceutical Applications of 3D Printing (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advanced Pharmaceutical Science and Technology in Israel (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Organoids and Spheroids for the Design and the Evaluation of Therapeutic Strategies (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Research on Hot Melt Extrusion Processing for Drug Formulation and Drug Delivery (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- 15th Anniversary of Pharmaceutics—Improvement of Drug Bioavailability (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advanced Pharmaceutical Excipients Used in Solid Dosage Forms (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Dry Powders for Pulmonary Delivery: Device and Formulation Technologies for an Enhanced Lung Deposition, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Inhaled Treatment of Respiratory Infections, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Polymer-Based Dressings for Skin Regeneration and Wound Dressing Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in the Preparation and Technology of Pharmaceutical Solid Dosage Forms (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent Advances in 3D Bioprinting for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Scaffolds for Dental and Periodontal Tissue Regeneration (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Functional Biomaterials in Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Research Progress of Pharmaceutical Coating Technology (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Computational Intelligence (CI) Tools in Applications of Pharmaceutics (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Spray Drying in the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Field (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Emerging Technologies to Improve the Solubility of Poorly Soluble Drugs (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Recent Progress in Microencapsulation and Nanoencapsulation for Pharmaceutical Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Prospecting for Active Compounds in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technological Development (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: