Objective
The majority of infections affecting man and animals take place or start at mucosal membranes. The ability to retain pharmacologically active agents for extended periods of time on any mucosal epithelia including those of the nose mouth rectum or vagina confers a number of potential therapeutic advantages.
The Wider Society and Policy Objectives of our Project.
We aim to benefit European society by reducing the length of localized topical treatment for mucosal infections by 50 and the pain experienced by 40. The relatively low cost of the Nano DARTS technology will enable the increasing use of this local topical application in all European countries including the Eastern Europe and this will support the policies of the European Union to bring the health of Eastern Europeans up to the same standard as those of the 15 states. To achieve this our Technical Targets are to discover technological routes to enable the development of an advanced nanosized polymer coated liposome system compatible with carrying hydrophilic or hydrophobic drugs of varying sizes or both simultaneously that are retained at the mucosal site of application and release the active ingredient in a controlled manner for local and or systemic absorption. The Economic Objectives to Improve competitiveness. This project will strengthen the competitiveness of our group of participant SMEs and subsequent licensees to gain a 5 share of the per annum approx 2 billion growth of global market for advanced topical mucosal drug delivery systems by 2014 and create 1 250 new European jobs. In addition this project will contribute towards implementing the goals set by the EU in 2005 which includes increased innovation and investment in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to regain European global competitiveness in this sector by offering this sector product differentiation and life cycle management opportunities...
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FP6-2004-SME-COOP
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Coordinator
MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE
United Kingdom
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