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DUROS® Osmotic Implant for the Delivery of Peptides and Proteins

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Peptides: The Wave of the Future

Part of the book series: American Peptide Symposia ((APSY,volume 7))

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An increasing number of pharmaceutically active peptides and proteins require a simple system for delivery to the ambulatory patient. The DUROS® implant (Figure 1) has been developed to address this need.

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  1. Stevenson, C.L., Theeuwes, F., Wright, J.C., In D.L. Wise, (Ed.) Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release, Marcel Dekker, 2000, 225–253.

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Wright, J., Matsuura, J., Berry, S., Lucas, C. (2001). DUROS® Osmotic Implant for the Delivery of Peptides and Proteins. In: Lebl, M., Houghten, R.A. (eds) Peptides: The Wave of the Future. American Peptide Symposia, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0464-0_440

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