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. 2006 May 10;4:6. doi: 10.1186/1477-9560-4-6

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic depiction of drug delivery technology. Carrier molecule (delivery agent) associates with drug molecule to create a transportable complex (lipophilic). Because of the weak association, carrier and drug dissociate by simple dilution on entering the blood circulation.