Open Pharmaceutical Sciences Journal

2015, 2 : 21-30
Published online 2015 October 30. DOI: 10.2174/1874844901502010021
Publisher ID: PHARMSCI-2-21

RESEARCH ARTICLE
 Biomedical Applications of Interpenetrating Polymer Network System

Mohd Fuzail Qadri, * , Rishabha Malviya and Pramod Kumar Sharma
Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences,Galgotias University, Plot No. 2, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway,Greater Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India; Tel: +91 9716037762; E-mail: qadri14@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) has been regarded as one of the novel technology in recent years showing the superior performances over the conventional techniques. This system is designed for the delivery of drugs at a predetermined rate and thus helps in controlled drug delivery. Due to its enhanced biological and physical characteristics like biodegradability, biocompatibility, solubility, specificity and stability, IPN has emerged out to be one of the excellent technologies in pharmaceutical industries. This article focuses mainly on the biomedical applications of IPN along with its future applicability in pharmaceutical research. It summarizes various aspects of IPN, biomedical applications and also in-cludes the different dosage forms based on IPN.

Keywords:

Biomedical, double network, drug delivery, IPN, tissue engineering.