What if we could open the 2044 special issue of the Journal of Controlled Release? Which drug delivery technologies will have led the field? Which ones will have successfully reached the marketplace? In attempting to answer these questions, we selected a few recent technologies and concepts that could, in our opinion, play a crucial role in coming years. In each case, emblematic papers are cited to introduce and discuss the selected topic.
Keywords: Cell therapy; EPR effect; Microchips; Microneedles; Nanoparticles; Oncolytic viruses.
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