Anastasia Spyrogianni Roveri: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2019

Name	Dr. Anastasia Spyrogianni Roveri
Department	Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Relationship	Lecturer

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
535-0423-00L	Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting	2 credits	1.5V	J.‑C. Leroux, B. A. Gander, A. Spyrogianni Roveri
Abstract	The students gain an overview on current principles, methodologies and systems for controlled delivery and targeting of drugs. This enables the students to understand and evaluate the field in terms of scientific criteria.
Learning objective	The students dispose of an overview on current principles and systems for the controlled delivery and targeting of drugs. The focus of the course lies on developing a capacity to understand the involved technologies and methods, as well as an appreciation of the chances and constraints of their therapeutic usage, with prime attention on anticancer drugs, therapeutic peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and vaccines.
Content	The course covers the following topics: drug targeting and delivery principles, macromolecular drug carriers, liposomes, micelles, micro/nanoparticles, gels and implants, administration of vaccines, targeting at the gastrointestinal level, synthetic carriers for nucleic acid drugs, ophthalmic devices and novel trends in transdermal and nasal drug delivery.
Lecture notes	Selected lecture notes, documents and supporting material will be directly provided or may be downloaded from the course website.
Literature	A.M. Hillery, K. Park. Drug Delivery: Fundamentals & Applications, second edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2017. B. Wang B, L. Hu, T.J. Siahaan. Drug Delivery - Principles and Applications, second edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2016. Y. Perrie, T. Rhades. Pharmaceutics - Drug Delivery and Targeting, second edition, Pharmaceutical Press, London and Chicago, 2012. Further references will be provided in the course.