Inhalation Drug Delivery – Techniques and Products

Paolo Colombo, Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. Daniela Traini, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Australia. Francesca Buttini, Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

List of contributors xi Series foreword xiii Preface xv 1 Inhalation drug delivery 1 Daniela Traini 2 Inhalation and nasal products 15 Daniela Traini and Paul M. Young 3 Formulation of inhalation medicines 31 Daniela Traini and Paul M. Young 4 Novel particle production technologies for inhalation products 47 Hak-Kim Chan and Philip Chi Lip Kwok 5 Methods for understanding, controlling, predicting, and improving drug product performance 63 David A. V. Morton 6 Aerodynamic assessment for inhalation products: fundamentals and current pharmacopoeial methods 91 Francesca Buttini, Gaia Colombo, Philip Chi Lip Kwok and Wong Tin Wui 7 Proteins, peptides, and controlled-release formulations for inhalation 121 Philip Chi Lip Kwok, Rania Osama Salama and Hak-Kim Chan 8 Pharmaceutical development studies for inhalation products 145 Gaia Colombo, Chiara Parlati and Paola Russo 9 Quality of inhalation products: specifications 169 Paolo Colombo, Francesca Buttini and Wong Tin Wui Index.