Abstract

ROLE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN PHARMA INDUSTRIES – REVIEW

*S. Venkatesan Jayakumar

Abstract

The development of drug formulations based on nanoparticles has opened up opportunities to address and treat challenging diseases successfully. Advantage and efficacy of nanoparticles stem from their sub-microscopic size, which can range from 100 to 500 nm. The surface features, composition, size and morphology of nanoparticles might be modified to create intelligent systems with stealth capabilities that can incorporate medicinal and imaging materials. These devices also have the capability of delivering medicines to specific locations and controlled release therapy. Through targeted and sustained medicinal products distribution, medication-related toxicity is decreased and patient compliance with less frequent dosing is increased. Nanotechnology playing a pivotal role in drug discovery research and showed promise in treating AIDS, Cancer, and many other diseases, as well as in enhancing the testing through nanodiagnostics. This review will primarily focus on the desirable features of efficient drug delivery systems based on nanomaterials, and the nano enabled tools also the nanomedicines where these systems have shown promise. Curiosity in creating semi-synthetically accessible lead compounds that mirror the chemistry of their counterparts is a current theme in medication development based on natural products.

Keywords: Nanomaterials, Nano-diagnostics, Nano-enabled tools, Nanomedicines.