An Advance Drug Delivery Approach: Osmotic Pump

The past few decades were challenging for the pharmaceutical industry to bring the new active pharmaceutical ingredients APIs in market. Due to the multiple challenges the novel drug delivery approach were increased. From the numerous novel drug delivery systems one of the definitive approach is Osmotic drug delivery system. Osmotic drug delivery system is a type of controlled drug release and brings relief from local gastrointestinal or systemic toxicity. The active drug molecule is present in the core compartment of the osmotic pump. Osmotic pump utilized in oral administration and implantation procedures. It is much easier to develop a novel drug delivery system in comparison to bring a new chemical entity in world. Novel drug delivery approach can increase market value of an old chemical entity by allowing it to increase its lifespan in market and conflicting to other chemical entity.