In the view of most experts pharmacology is on drugs, targets, and actions. In the context the drug as a rule is seen as an active pharmaceutical ingredient and not as a complex mixture of chemical entities of a well defined structure. Today, we are becoming more and more aware of the fact that delivery of the active compound to the target site is a key. The present volume gives a topical overview on various modern approaches to drug targeting covering today's options for specific carrier systems allowing successful drug treatment at various sites of the body difficult to address and allowing to increase the benefit-risk-ratio to the optimum possible.

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Preface.- Part I: Fundamentals. Part II: Devices. Part III: Clinical and Preclinical Application of Therapeutics for Systemic Use. Part IV: Clinical and Preclinical Application of Therapeutics for Topical Use.