Design and Applications of Microneedles in Drug Delivery and Therapeutics

Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is an assistant professor of pharmaceutics at School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience at international levels from various countries, including the United States, Malaysia, and India. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 300 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, most prestigious “Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He actively participates in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.

1. Introduction to microneedles as a smart carrier for drug delivery
2. Recent developments and opportunities using microneedles for drugdelivery
3. Nanomedicine delivery using microneedles
4. Types of microneedles for drug delivery
5. Stimuli-responsive microneedles for drug delivery
6. Silicon microneedles for drug delivery
7. Microneedles for transdermal drug delivery
8. Microneedles for wound healing and dermal applications
9. Microneedles for various ocular diseases
10. Microneedles in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
11. Microneedle mediated photodynamic/immunotherapy
12. Microneedles for biomedical applications
13. Microneedle for delivery of cosmeceuticals and enhancing skin appearance
14. Microneedles for delivery of photosensitisers and precursors
15. Microneedles for gene delivery
16. Microneedle-mediated vaccine delivery
17. 3D printed microneedles for drug delivery
18. Microneedles-based electrochemical sensors
19. Microneedle-mediated device for biological investigation
20. Future perspective, clinical translation, commercial challenges and industrialsuccess with microneedle-based products