Biodegradable Polymers for Microencapsulation of Drugs.docVIP

Molecules 2005, 10, 146-161 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Review Biodegradable Polymers for Microencapsulation of Drugs Jae Hyung Park, Mingli Ye and Kinam Park* Department of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: kpark@. Received: 25 June 2004 / Accepted: 1 July 2004 / Published: 31 January 2005 Abstract: Drug delivery has become increasingly important mainly due to the awareness of the difficulties associated with a variety of old and new drugs. Of