ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the impact of different classes of bio-based polymers in the medical field focused on their utilization in different types of liposomes and other nanomaterials. Currently, a number of drugs based on conventional and PEGylated liposomal formulations are clinically used for the treatment of various fungal and viral infections, cancer, pain, and photodynamic therapy, while many others have reached superior phases of medical trials. New strategies employed to produce liposome formulations based on biocompatible, mucoadhesive, and biodegradable polymers, their use as carriers or drug delivery systems with improved drug solubility and controlled distribution, prolonged-and sustained-release ability, as well as their properties responsible for their performance are presented, highlighting the future developments of such assemblies as the next generation of therapeutic agents.
