Polymer used in Novel Drug Delivery System

Polymers play a major role in the development of drug delivery technology by release of two types of drugs like hydrophilic and hydrophobic. In a synchronized manner and constant release of formulations over extended periods. The general characteristic features that makes the polymer a potential candidate for drug delivery include, safety, efficacy, hydrophillicity, absence immunogenicity biological inactivity, sufficient pharmacokinetics, and presence of functional groups for covalent conjugation of drugs, targeting moieties or formation of copolymer. Polymers are the backbone of a pharmaceutical drug delivery system as they control the release of the drug from the device. The drug is release from polymer by diffusion, degradation and swelling. In addition to this review presents characteristics and behaviors of plant derived and mucoadhesive polymers which are currently used in drug delivery. © 2019 iGlobal Research and Publishing Foundation. All rights reserved. Cite this article as: Lovepreet; Sharma, P.; Kumar, D. Polymer used in Novel Drug Delivery System. Indo Global J. Pharm. Sci., 2019; 9(2Suppl.): 127. DOI: http://doi.org/10.35652/IGJPS.2019.92S25 . Indo Global Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences( ISSN 2249 1023; CODENIGJPAI; NLM ID: 101610675) indexed and abstracted in CrossRef (DOI Enabling), UGC CARE Journal List, EMBASE(Elsevier), National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog, ResearchGate, Publons, CAS (ACS), Index Copernicus, Google Scholar and many more. For further details, visit http://iglobaljournal.com This is a special issue as an outcome of ‘RAPSCON-2019’ sponsored by APTI and organized by Sri Sai College of Pharmacy, Manawala, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Relaxation offered in journal format.