chapter 1 Biodegradable Microspheres: Advances in Production Technology / chapter 2 Advances in the Technology for Controlled-Release Pesticide Formulations -- chapter 3 Multiparticulate Pulsatile Drug Delivery Systems -- chapter 4 Microencapsulation Techniques for Parenteral Depot Systems and Their Application in the Pharmaceutical Industry -- chapter 5 Coupling Methods to Obtain Ligand-Targeted Liposomes and Nanoparticles -- chapter 6 Industrial Technologies and Scale-Up -- chapter 7 Drug Release from Microparticulate Systems -- chapter 8 Manufacture, Characterization, and Applications of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems -- chapter 9 Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins and Microencapsulation -- chapter 10 Lipospheres for Controlled Delivery of Substances -- chapter 11 Pharmaceutical Aspects of Liposomes: Academic and Industrial Research and Development -- chapter 12 Microemulsions for Solubilization and Delivery of Nutraceuticals and Drugs -- chapter 13 Self-Emulsifying Oral Lipid-Based Formulations for Improved Delivery of Lipophilic Drugs -- chapter 14 Recent Advances in Heparin Delivery -- chapter 15 Particulate Systems for Oral Drug Delivery -- chapter 16 Vesicles as a Tool for Dermal and Transdermal Delivery -- chapter 17 Lipid and Polymeric Colloidal Carriers for Ocular Drug Delivery -- chapter 18 The Use of Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles in Cancer Chemotherapy -- chapter 19 Development of 5-FU–Loaded PLGA Microparticles for the Treatment of Glioblastoma -- chapter 20 Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems for the Brain -- chapter 21 Cosmetic Applications of Colloidal Delivery Systems.