Site-Specific Drug Targeting
- Course Code :
PHT 834
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
2.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2025/2026
- Department :
Faculty of Pharmacy
Aim of the course
Course Contents
The course will detail site-specific delivery or activation of the therapeutic compounds in the site of action therefore enhancing drug efficacy by increasing local active drug concentration in diseased tissues and to decrease side effects by minimizing drug exposure in normal tissues. These technologies include: intratumoral drug administration, liposomal drug delivery, tumor-activated prodrug therapy, antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy, gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy, folate-targeted drug delivery, transferrin targeted drug delivery, albumin-drug conjugate for targeted delivery, prodrug targeted delivery and others.