Touch-actuated microneedle array patch for closed-loop transdermal drug delivery

• Main Authors: Jingbo Yang (Author), Zhipeng Chen (Author), Rui Ye (Author), Jiyu Li (Author), Yinyan Lin (Author), Jie Gao (Author), Lei Ren (Author), Bin Liu (Author), Lelun Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To date, only approximately 20 drugs synthesized with small molecules have been approved by the FDA for use in traditional transdermal patches (TTP) owing to the extremely low permeation rate of the skin barrier for macromolecular drugs. A novel touch-actuated microneedle array patch (TMAP) was deve...