Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges in delivery of biopharmaceuticals; the need for advanced delivery systems / Hanne Mrck Nielsen and Lene Jorgensen -- Novel formulation approaches for peptide and protein injectables / Mingshi Yang and Sven Frokjaer -- Novel non-injectable formulation approaches of peptides and proteins / Shirui Mao, Dongmei Cun, and Yoshiaki Kawashima -- Chemical vectors for delivery of nucleic acid-based drugs / Elizabeth A. Vasievich and Leaf Huang -- Viral technology for delivery of nucleic acids / Shervin Bahrami and Finn Skou Pedersen -- The innate immune responses, adjuvants and delivery systems / S. Moein Moghimi -- Lipid nanoparticle-based systems for delivery of biomacromolecule therapeutics / Susana Martins, Domingos C. Ferreira, and Eliana B. Souto -- Dendrimers in delivery of biopharmaceuticals / Chandan Thomas and Fakhrul Ahsan -- Modification of peptides and proteins / Susanne Hostrup, Kasper Huus, and Henrik Parshad -- Nanocarriers for the delivery of peptides and proteins / Kenneth Lundstrom -- Polymer-based delivery systems for oral delivery of peptides and proteins / Bruno Sarmento, Domingos Ferreira, and Teofilo Vasconcelos -- Advanced pulmonary delivery of peptides or proteins using polymeric particles / Yu Seok Youn ... [et al.] -- Polymer microparticles for nucleic acid delivery / Tim Pearce, Jared Hierman, and Chun Wang -- Pulmonary delivery of small interfering RNA for novel therapeutics / Qing Ge ... [et al.] -- Lipid-based formulations for siRNA delivery / Camilla Foged, Pieter Vader, and Raymond M. Schiffelers -- Cellular bioavailability of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) conjugated to cell penetrating peptides / Takehiko Shiraishi and Peter E. Nielsen -- DEAE-dextran-MMA graft copolymer for non-viral delivery of DNA / Yasuhiko Onishi, Yuki Eshita, and Masaaki Mizuno -- Liposomes in adjuvant systems for parenteral delivery of vaccines / Dennis Christensen ... [et al.] -- Influenza virosomes as delivery systems for antigens / Mario Amacker ... [et al.] -- GRAZAX : an oromucosal vaccine for treating grass pollen allergy with immunotherapy / Annette Rmmelmeyer Lundegaard, Lise Lund, and Jrgen Nedergaard Larsen -- Delivery technologies for biopharmaceuticals : a critical assessment / Marco van de Weert.