February 2009 Vol 9 No 2
www.drugdeliverytech.com
IN THIS
ISSUE
INTERVIEW WITH
PRO-PHARMACEUTICALS’
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
DAVID PLATT
Diabetes
Management
Daniel Ruppar
30
Prefilled Syringe
Gas Bubbles
42
Shawn Kinney, PhD
Nanoparticles &
Cancer
48
Maulik A. Acharya
Particle Size
Optimization
53
Thomai Panagiotou, PhD
FEATURING
The science & business of drug development in specialty pharma, biotechnology, and drug delivery
Maria J.
Gutierrez, MD
A Spring-Powered
Device for
Subcutaneous,
Intramuscular &
Intradermal Injections
Using an Auto-Disable
Syringe
Central Lab
Strategies
Cindy H. Dubin
64
Madhu
Hariharan,
PhD
Orally Dissolving Film
Strips: The Final
Evolution of Orally
Dissolving Dosage
Forms
Frank Y. Xie,
PhD
Systemic Delivery of
Therapeutic siRNA:
Opportunities &
Challenges
Surverying
Big Pharma
Josef Bossart, PhD
70