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profile. Selection of the appropriate route of administration and delivery device is
critical for the commercial success of a drug product. It is very likely that in the near
future more drugs intended for systemic absorption in the form of noninvasive therapy
will come onto the market.

Acknowledgment

The authors acknowledge the financial assistance from TIFAC CORE in Novel Drug
Delivery Systems (NDDS), Department of Science and Technology, Government of
India, New Delhi, for providing research facilities to the team.

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