Pharma Sources - Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in drug delivery

Drug delivery is about improving the efficacy and safety of therapeutics by getting the right dose of the right drug to the right place at the right rate and time. Approaches to drug delivery have existed for many hundreds of years; Egyptian physicians created oral tablets and ointments, and physicians began to use intravenous delivery after the circulatory system was first described in 1657. Controlled release technologies date back to the mid-1900s.

Drug delivery systems range from gels and patches, through microspheres and nanoparticles, to complex devices such as external or implanted pumps and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

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