About

Scott Barnhart is the Technical Director for ARx, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adhesives Research Inc. With more than 20 years of R&D experience, Scott’s career has focused on drug matrix formulation and process capabilities for transdermal drug delivery systems and in the development of the company’s dissolvable thin film drug delivery systems. Scott earned his BSc in Chemistry and Biology from The Pennsylvania State University and his MSc in organic Chemistry from Shippensburg University (US).

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GI/ORAL

THIN FILM EVOLVES TO LEVERAGE MUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY BENEFITS

Megan Greth and Scott Barnhart describe how thin film drug delivery systems are growing in importance as the benefits, such as improved drug bioavailability, reduced adverse events and avoidance of the first pass metabolism, are increasingly being recognised.