Therapeutic Applications of Nanoemulsion Based Drug Delivery Systems: A Review of Patents in Last Two Decades

Pooja      Rajpoot; Kamla      Pathak; Vikas      Bali

doi:10.2174/187221111795471427

Abstract

Nanoemulsions have garnered considerable attention in research as well as in therapeutics due to their advantages like thermodynamic stability, optical clarity, ease of preparation, and unique property of behaving as supersolvent for solubilizing both hydrophobic and hydrophilic solutes. Due to above mentioned attributes, nanoemulsions find numerous applications in diagnosis as well as therapy of diseases. Hence, the aim of the current review is to recapitulate these applications of this novel drug delivery system by discussing the patents governing various applications of this system.

Keywords: Nanoemulsion, patent, drug delivery, Solubilization Theories, Oral Drug Delivery, Nasal Drug Delivery, Ophthalmic Drug Delivery, Topical Drug Delivery, Antimicrobial Nanoemulsion, Nanoemulsion Vaccines