In recent years, pharmaceutical research has focused on delivering pharmaceuticals that achieve rapid and effective treatment of diseases or targeting of disease sites. This book provides a concise overview of emerging areas of therapeutic delivery methodology for readers who have preliminary backgrounds in pharmaceutical sciences, drug delivery or formulation. The ten chapters reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the emerging research into therapeutic-based drug-delivery systems and provide a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and all those involved in the research and development in drug formulation, dosage form design and drug delivery for therapeutic goals.