Patient-Centric Design of Topical Dermatological Medicines

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Oliveira, R (Author) Other; Almeida, IF (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Pharmaceuticals

Vol. 16

Final page: 617

ISSN: 1424-8247

Publisher: MDPI

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 8 Citations

Scopus - 10 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Y-8VR

DOI: 10.3390/ph16040617

Abstract (EN): Topical treatments are essential approaches to skin diseases but are associated with poor adherence. Topical vehicles have the primary purpose of ensuring drug effectiveness (by modulating drug stability and delivery, as well as skin properties) but have a marked impact on treatment outcomes as they influence patient satisfaction and, consequently, adherence to topical treatments. There is also a wide variety of vehicles available for topical formulations, which can complicate the decisions of clinicians regarding the most appropriate treatments for specific skin disorders. One of the possible strategies to improve topical-treatment adherence is the implementation of patient-centric drug-product design. In this process, the patient's needs (e.g., those related to motor impairment), the needs associated with the disease (according to the skin lesions' characteristics), and the patient's preferences are taken into consideration and translated into a target product profile (TPP). Herein, an overview of topical vehicles and their properties is presented, along with a discussion of the patient-centric design of topical dermatological medicines and the proposal of TPPs for some of the most common skin diseases.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18