In-Situ Ocular Gel Pharmaceutical Delivery System: A Recent Review

Authors

  • Sohan Kapila Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India
  • Dhruv Dev Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India
  • D.N. Prasad Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

Abstract

Ocular Drug Delivery has been a key challenge and attractive field for the pharmaceutical scientist due to peerless anatomy and physiology of eye. Glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, keratitis, endophthalmitis, trachoma, and conjunctivitis are just a few of the conditions that can affect the eye. In order to accomplish efficient ocular treatment within the eye, At the point of action, an appropriate supply of active substances must be given and sustained. Due to fast precorneal medication loss, traditional treatment has a low bioavailability. The bioavailability of a medicine is also influenced by static and dynamic barriers. To address the limitations of traditional treatment, significant efforts are being made to develop innovative medication systems for ocular delivery. When a drop is injected into the eye, it goes through a sol-gel transition and forms a cul-de-sac. The in-situ gel system, which comprises thermally triggered, pH triggered, and ion cross linking systems, is the subject of this review. It includes a step-by-step procedure for preparing the pH-triggered system as well as assessment parameters.

Keywords: Conventional dosage form, Anatomy and physiology in eye, In-situ gel.

Keywords:

Conventional dosage form, Anatomy and physiology in eye, In-situ geL

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v11i6-S.5098

Author Biographies

Sohan Kapila, Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

Dhruv Dev, Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

Department of Pharmaceutics, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

D.N. Prasad, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, Punjab, India

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2021-12-15
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Kapila S, Dev D, Prasad D. In-Situ Ocular Gel Pharmaceutical Delivery System: A Recent Review. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 15 [cited 2026 Jan. 15];11(6-S):173-80. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/5098

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Kapila S, Dev D, Prasad D. In-Situ Ocular Gel Pharmaceutical Delivery System: A Recent Review. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 15 [cited 2026 Jan. 15];11(6-S):173-80. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/5098

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