Meet the editor

Dr. Mohammed Berrada is a pioneering researcher in polymer science involved in numerous university-industry transfer technology projects. He is head of the Innovation and Technology Platform at Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco, where he is also a professor of Organic Chemistry and Polymer Science. He received a Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the Macromolecular Sciences Division of Pierre and Marie Curie University,

Paris, France, in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik in 1998. From 2006 to 2009, Dr. Berrada was director of the Canadian Research and Development Department at Intersand Inc., where he patented the innovative OdourLock Litter Technology, which was a breakthrough and a huge success for the company.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XI**

Drug Delivery Systems **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 27**

**Chapter 3 51**

Tissues Regeneration **73**

**Chapter 4 75**

Chitosan Nanocomposites **95**

**Chapter 5 97**

Physicochemical Properties **113**

**Chapter 6 115**

Ternary Solid Dispersion Strategy for Solubility Enhancement of Poorly

A Novel Drug Delivery System Based on Nanoparticles of Magnetite Fe3O4

*by Damiri Fouad, Yahya Bachra, Grouli Ayoub, Amine Ouaket, Ahmed Bennamara, Noureddine Knouzi and Mohammed Berrada*

Gastrointestinal Delivery of APIs from Chitosan Nanoparticles

*by Siti Zuhairah Zainuddin and Khuriah Abdul Hamid*

Chitosan Based Biocomposites for Hard Tissue Engineering

Wound Dressing Application of Ch/CD Nanocomposite Film

Chitosan-Based Oral Drug Delivery System for Peptide, Protein and

*by Fouad Dabbarh, Noureddin Elbakali-Kassimi and Mohammed Berrada*

Embedded in an Auto Cross-Linked Chitosan

*by Rayan Sabra and Nashiru Billa*

*by Ranju Kandra and Sunil Bajpai*

Soluble Drugs by Co-Milling Technique

*by Marouene Bejaoui, Hanen Oueslati and Haykel Galai*

Vaccine Delivery

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**
