Microneedle Coating Techniques for Transdermal Drug Delivery

• Main Authors: Rita Haj-Ahmad (Author), Hashim Khan (Author), Muhammad Sohail Arshad (Author), Manoochehr Rasekh (Author), Amjad Hussain (Author), Susannah Walsh (Author), Xiang Li (Author), Ming-Wei Chang (Author), Zeeshan Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Drug administration via the transdermal route is an evolving field that provides an alternative to oral and parenteral routes of therapy. Several microneedle (MN) based approaches have been developed. Among these, coated MNs (typically where drug is deposited on MN tips) are a minimally invasive met...