Author, as appears in the article.: Torrado JJ; Serrano DR; Capilla J

Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Capilla Luque, Javier

Keywords: Trypanosomiasis Transferosomes Quality by design Nanoparticles Malaria Liposomes Leishmaniasis Emulsions Combined therapy Candidiasis Azoles Aspergillosis Amphotericin b transferosomes quality by design nanoparticles malaria liposomes leishmaniasis emulsions combined therapy candidiasis azoles aspergillosis amphotericin b

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Fungal and parasitic diseases affect more than a billion people across the globe, one-sixth of the world’s population, mostly located in developing countries. The lack of effective and safer treatments combined with a deficient diagnosis lead to serious chronic illness or even death. There is a mismatch between the rate of drug resistance and the development of new medicines. Formulation of antifungal and antiparasitic drugs adapted to different administration routes is challenging, bearing in mind their poor water solubility, which limits their bioavailability and efficacy. Hence, there is an unmet clinical need to develop vaccines and novel formulations and drug delivery strategies that can improve the bioavailability and therapeutic effect by enhancing their dissolution, increasing their chemical potency, stabilising the drug and targeting high concentration of drug to the infection sites. This Editorial regards the ten research contributions presented in the Special Issue “Antifungal and Antiparasitic Drug Delivery”.

Thematic Areas: Pharmacology & pharmacy Pharmaceutical science Medicina ii Farmacia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 19994923

Author's mail: javier.capilla@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-0765-6403

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/12/4/324

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Pharmaceutics. 12 (4):

APA: Torrado JJ; Serrano DR; Capilla J (2020). Antifungal and antiparasitic drug delivery. Pharmaceutics, 12(4), -. DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040324

Article's DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040324

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications