Abstract

ADVANCEMENTS IN MUCOADHESIVE FILMS: EXPLORING TYPES, THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, AND CURRENT MARKET TRENDS

Neha D. Narange*, Yogesh N. Gholse, Rahul H. Kasliwal and Dinesh R. Chaple

ABSTRACT

Patient compliance remains the top priority for all pharmacy researchers, especially those in pharmaceutics. There is now a lot of research being done to produce a medicine administration method that is safer, more effective, and more patient-compliant. A major development in drug delivery systems, mucoadhesive films provide a tailored method of delivering medicinal substances across mucosal surfaces. Achieving the best mucoadhesive qualities With the release of drugs characteristics from the film depends heavily on the choice of polymers. The section on therapeutic applications offers a thorough examination of the various illnesses and ailments that mucoadhesive films used to treat. The benefits and drawbacks of mucoadhesive films, their varieties, the diseases they treat, medications, and the mucoadhesive polymers that make them up are all briefly covered in this article. It includes the current marketed mucoadhesive film, brand name, and manufacturing company. Recent innovations in the mucoadhesive film and application of mucoadhesive film.

Keywords: Mucoadhesive film, Polymer, Marketed film, Drugs, Diseases.