THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO AND THROUGH COVERING EPITHELIA

摘要

Polymer foams and films for delivery of therapeutic agents to and through nasal, oral or vaginal mucosa and cornified or non-cornified epithelium of labia and scrotum. Polymer foams or absorbable or non-absorbable films containing a therapeutic agent incorporated therein wherein said agent is released from said foams or films upon placement of said foam or film on the surface epithelium of nasal, oral, or vaginal labia or scrotum. The foam or the film has a controllable rate of gelling, swelling and degradation and is preformed into a device or is applied as a coating to a surface of a more complex drug delivery system.