RECENT TRENDS IN OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY

Abstract

The major challenge faced by today’s pharmacologist and formulation scientist is ocular drug delivery. Delivery of drugs to the targeted ocular tissues is restricted by various precorneal, dynamic and static ocular barriers. Also, therapeutic drug levels are not maintained for longer duration in target tissues. To overcome the ocular drug delivery barriers and improve ocular bioavailability, various conventional and novel drug delivery systems have been developed such as emulsion, ointments, suspensions, aqueous gels, nanomicelles, nanoparticles, liposomes, dendrimers, implants, contact lenses, nanosuspensions, microneedles and in situ thermosensitive gels for the earlier mention ocular diseases.