29. September 2017

An updated version of the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination was registered on the Federal Register of Legislation (FRL) in September 2017. The updated determination is titled the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination No. 4 of 2017.

28. August 2017

Despite a long history of use for rectal and vaginal drug delivery, the current worldwide market for suppositories is limited primarily due to a lack of user acceptability. Therefore, virtually no rational pharmaceutical development of antiviral suppositories has been performed.

06. July 2017

Natural pharmaceutical excipients have been applied extensively in the past decades owing to their safety and biocompatibility. Zein, a natural protein of plant origin offers great benefit over other synthetic polymers used in controlled drug and biomedical delivery systems.

27. March 2017

Microneedles is an efficient and minimally-invasive approach of transdermal drug delivery and extraction of skin interstitial fluid. Compared to solid microneedles made of silicon, metals and ceramics, polymeric microneedles have attracted extensive attentions due to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and nontoxicity. They are ease to fabricate in large scale and load drugs with high amounts. More importantly, polymers with different degradation profiles, swelling properties,...