Development of Medicines for Rare Pediatric Diseases II
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 1635
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is estimated that up to 7000 rare diseases exist, affecting between 6% and 8% of the global population and >30 million people in the European Union. Symptoms often occur early at birth or during childhood and may progressively increase, becoming chronic or relapsing, leading to life-threatening conditions. In fact, 75% of rare diseases are known to affect children, and about 3 out of 10 of these children die before reaching 5 years of age. Therefore, incentivizing medicine development is crucial for this subset of the population, who is disproportionately affected by rare diseases. Furthermore, only 5% of rare diseases have effective treatment options, which leaves 95% of rare diseases without any approved medicines. Since both the Orphan Regulation, first, and the Paediatric Regulation, later, came into force, the development of medicinal products suitable for pediatrics has consistently increased, but much more needs to be done. To date, our medical and scientific knowledge on rare diseases remains limited, and the absence of approved treatment options has led physicians and pharmacists to the harmful off-label use of medicines. This Special Issue is addressed to all researchers and partners involved in the development of pediatric medicines, with the aim of collecting opinions from industry, regulators, academia, and hospitals, thus contributing to providing solutions to the unmet pediatric needs.
We welcome original research, reviews, opinion papers, editorials, or short communications on the following topics:
- Pediatric formulations;
- Drug-delivery design in pediatrics;
- Orphan drugs;
- Rare-disease treatment;
- The pharmacology and toxicology of drugs and excipients in pediatrics;
- Translational research in pediatrics;
- Pediatric drug targeting;
- Extemporaneous pediatric preparations compounded in hospital pharmacies.
Dr. Guendalina Zuccari
Dr. Danilo Marimpietri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric formulations
- drug-delivery design in pediatrics
- orphan drugs
- rare-disease treatment
- the pharmacology and toxicology of drugs and excipients in pediatrics
- translational research in pediatrics
- pediatric drug targeting
- extemporaneous pediatric preparations compounded in hospital pharmacies
