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ReviewCurrent drug delivery2025

Expanding Arsenal against Ocular Diseases through Nanoemulsion: Success So Far and the Road Ahead.

Bala Vikash, Shashi, Narendra Kumar Pandey, Bimlesh Kumar, Sheetu Wadhwa, Ritu Gupta, Umesh Goutam, Amit Mittal, Dileep Singh Baghel, Sachin Kumar Singh and 1 more

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Review in Current drug delivery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Bala VikashSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
ShashiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Narendra Kumar PandeySchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Bimlesh KumarSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Sheetu WadhwaSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Ritu GuptaCharles River Labs, Mattawan, Michigan, USA.
Umesh GoutamSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Profession University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Amit MittalFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Desh Bhagat University, Amloh Road, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, 147301, India.
Dileep Singh BaghelSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Sachin Kumar SinghSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.
Saurabh SinghSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, 144 411, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The eye is the most delicate organ protected by several complex biological barriers that are static and dynamic. The presence of these ocular barriers retards drug absorption from topically applied dosage forms at the conjunctival sac. The efficient topical delivery of the drug into the globe is more difficult to achieve, and there is a need to develop a topical formulation that may reduce the use of injections and increase patient compliance with decreased frequency of administration. With the advancements of research in nanotechnology, nanoemulsions can be used as biocompatible carriers to deliver the drug to the ocular cavity. The lipophilic globules can increase the solubility of hydrophobic cargos, which provide increased permeation ability and ocular bioavailability, which can sustain drug release and corneal retention. Because of their small size, these formulations do not cause blurring of vision. Over the past decade, Nanoemulsions (NEs) have been used to treat several ocular diseases in the anterior eye segment. This review contains the global economic burden of ocular diseases, challenges in formulating ocular formulations, and recent advances of these NEs as effective carriers for ocular drug delivery, highlighting their performance in pre-clinical studies.

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Drug Delivery SystemsEye DiseasesNanoparticlesAdministration, OphthalmicAnimalsBiological AvailabilityDrug CarriersEmulsionsHumansDrug CarriersEmulsionsapplications.bioavailabilityformulation characterslipid nanocarriersNanoemulsionsocular barriersocular drug deliveryocular pathology

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