Drug Delivery and Targeting

Part I. Nanoparticles and other Advanced Technologies.-  Knowledge-based design of multi-functional polymer-based nanoparticles.-  Stimuli-responsive non-viral nanoparticles for gene delivery.- Sustainability in drug and nano-particle processing.- Advanced formulation approaches for proteins.- Microneedles and polymer films - delivery of peptides, proteins and nucleic acids.- Advances in vaccine delivery enhancers - small molecules and nanomaterials.- Biodegradable long acting injectables: Platform technology and industrial challenges.- Part II. Visualization Technologies.- Visualization of Nano-carriers and Drugs in Cells and Tissue.- Characterization of drug delivery systems by transmission electron microscopy.-  Part III. Target Specific Delivery.- Blood-brain barrier-crossing strategies for improved treatment of CNS disorders.- Interactions of nano-systems with immune cells and cancer cells - a roadmap to clinical use?- Progress in ocular drug delivery: challenges and constraints.- New therapeutic options in pulmonal diseases - sphingolipids and sphingolipid metabolism.- Molecular therapeutics for pulmonary diseases - the need for drug targeting.- Delivery of mitochondrial RNA.- Part IV. Concerted Actions - Thinking the Drug from the Beginning.- ATMP formulations and delivery.- Preclinical testing and approval of ATMP.- Looking to the future - drug delivery in the prophylaxis and therapy of severe and chronic diseases.