PATHWAYS FOR OPTIMIZATION-BASED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND DEVICES

Drug synthesis and discovery represents today one of the most rapidly evolving scientific areas. This is primarily due to the interdisciplinary collaboration between chemists, pharmacologists, molecular biologists, and biochemists. A direct implication of the developments in drug discovery is the need for novel drug delivery systems and devices. Considering the advances in engineering disciplines and micro/nano technology the potential for producing new drug delivery devices is substantial. Notably, so is the necessity of these devices in creating solid commercial value propositions for the medical markets. In this work we present research results related to embedding optimization-based control on-a-chip for drug delivery applications.