Advancing Oral Drug Delivery of BCS Class II Drugs Using Solid Lipid Nanoparticles
Keywords:
Bioavailability, biopharmaceutics classification system class II drugs, solid lipid nanoparticlesAbstract
In drug discovery, approximately 70% of new drug candidates have shown poor aqueous solubilityin recent years. Currently, approximately 40% of the marketed immediate release (IR) oral drugs arecategorized as practically insoluble (<100 g/mL). The aqueous solubility of a drug is a critical determinantof its dissolution rate. The Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) is a useful tool for decision making in formulation development from a biopharmaceutical point of view
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