Physiological barriers in advanced drug delivery -- Solubility and stability aspects in advanced drug delivery -- The role of transporters and efflux system in drug delivery -- Biomaterials in advanced drug delivery -- Strategies of targeted delivery -- Prodrug and bioconjugation -- Nanoscale drug delivery systems -- Stimuli-responsive strategies in advanced drug delivery -- Implants -- Aptamer -- Nanofiber -- Biomimetic self-assembling nanoparticles -- Protein/peptide drug delivery -- Delivery of nucleic acids -- Delivery of vaccine -- Regulatory considerations and clinical issues in advanced drug delivery -- Advanced drug delivery in cancer therapy -- Advanced drug delivery in cardiovascular diseases -- Recent advances in ocular drug delivery -- Advanced drug delivery against sexual transmitted diseases -- Advanced drug delivery to the brain -- Cell-based therapeutics -- Biomedical applications and tissue engineering of collagen -- Molecular imaging of drug delivery.