11. September 2018

Oromucosal drug delivery is necessary when a local effect in the oral cavity is required. Bioadhesive formulations should be advantageous because a larger fraction of the active principal is retained at the site of action allowing for an enhanced and prolonged effect. Despite a variety of mucoadhesion test systems being described in literature, none of these in-vitro tests does relate to physiological conditions in the oral cavity and suites for the testing of complete dosage forms, e.g....