Pharmaceutical nanotechnology : unmet needs in drug delivery

Abstract

Nanotechnology has been gaining interest within and outside the scientific community. Conferences addressing different aspects of this rapidly growing field are organized at many different places. In May 2009 the LTS Academy organized a two-day workshop to discuss the relevance of nanotechnology to the drug delivery field. The LTS (Lohman Therapeutic Systems) Academy is an independent forum of scientists discussing timely topics in the field of drug delivery. The questions on the table related to the identification of unmet needs in the drug delivery field and possible nanotechnological solutions. The workshop was translational in different ways. Speakers were chosen from academia and industry, each of them covering a specific approach to address unmet needs in drug delivery.