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Editor-in-Chief J. Dressman, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany A. Goepferich, Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, W. Friess, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München, Germany University of Regensburg, Universitaetsstrasse 31, 93040 Regensburg, E. Frijlink, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Germany J. Huwyler, PhD Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology Department of Pharma- ceutical Sciences University of Basel [email protected] Assistant Editors G. Lee, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, M. Breunig, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Erlangen, Germany M. Gregoritza, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany C.-M. Lehr, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Saarland A. Schwendeman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA University, Saarbrücken, Germany K. Mäder, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Editors Halle/Saale, Germany R. Brock, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, T. Rades, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands M.J. Rathbone, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Editorial Board E. Allémann, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland J. Kopecek, University of Utah, USA M.J. Alonso, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, J. Kreuter, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Spain J. Kristl, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia J.M. Anderson, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, S. Küchler, Free Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany OH, USA N. Lange, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland J.-P. Benoit, INSERM, Angers, France U. Lächelt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany A. Bernkop-Schnürch, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria H. Lindner, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany M.J. Blanco-Prieto, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain E. Mathiowitz, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA R. Bodmeier, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany A.G. Mikos, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA J. Breitenbach, Abbott Gmbh & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany D. Mooney, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, J. Breitkreutz, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany Maryland, USA H. Bunjes, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany R.H. Müller, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany M. Capelle, Therapeomic AG, Basel, Switzerland C. Müller-Goymann, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany U. Conte, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy T. Nagai, Nagai Foundation Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan L. Dailey, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany R.H.H. Neubert, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany R. Daniels, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany A.F. Öner, Hacettepe University, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey F. Delie-Salmon, Université de Genève, Geneva 4, Switzerland M.M. Ogris University of Vienna (Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry), B. Demeule, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA Vienna, Austria J.-M. Devoisselle, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutics et Biologiques, Montpellier, N.A. Peppas, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA France K. Remaut, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium E. Doelker, Université de Genève, Geneva 4, Switzerland C. Rudolph, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München, Germany C. Ehrhardt, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland I. Rupenthal, University of Auckland, New Zealand P. Esposito, SiTec PharmaBio, Barcelona, Spain L. Scapozza, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland C. Fischbach-Teschl, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA R. Scherliess G. Fricker, Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Heidelberg, M. Schneider, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany Germany R. Schubert, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany P. Gershkovich, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK S.P. Schwendeman, University of Michigan, USA M.A. Gonzalez, P’Kinetics International Inc., Pembroke Pines, FL, USA F.F. Siepmann, University of Lille, Lille, France R.H. Guy, University of Bath, Bath, UK J. Siepmann, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France M. Hacker, Universität Leipzig, Goethestraße, Leipzig, Germany V.P. Torchilin, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA J. Hadgraft, University of London, London, UK C. Valenta, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria J. Hanes, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA M.G. Wacker, National University of Singapore, Singapore S. Hook, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand E. Wagner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München, Germany Y.N. Kalia, Université de Genève, Geneva 4, Switzerland K. Wasan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada T. Lühnemann Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany W. Weitschies, Ernst-Moritz-Arnd Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany T. Kissel, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany C.G. Wilson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK S. Klein, Ernst-Moritz-Arnd Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany G. Winter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München, Germany P. Kleinebudde, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany A. Zimmer, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

Honorary Editor R. Gurny, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland