Novel drug delivery systems for ocular therapy: With special reference to liposomal ocular delivery.

Delivery of drugs to eyes is a great challenge to researchers because of a number of barriers in the eye preventing the actual dose from reaching the site. A number of ophthalmic delivery systems have been developed in the past couple of years that are not only new but also safe and reliable and help to overcome all those barriers in the eye which are responsible for the very less bioavailability of drugs. In this review, we tried to focus on current research in ocular delivery of drug substances giving special emphasis to liposomal delivery system.

Nano lipid-drug conjugate: An integrated review.

Lipid-drug conjugates (LDC), which may also be addressed as lipoidal prodrug, have the therapeutic actives chemically bound to a lipid moiety like fatty acids or phospholipids. Fabricated in nano-size, lipid-drug conjugate forms another breed of lipid nanoparticles. LDCs are prepared in order to increase the drug loading and hence prevent leakage of a highly polar drug from a lipophilic matrix.