“…Liposomes have advantages over other potential vehicles for lung targeting including sustained release delivery of their cargo in the lungs, increased drug residence time in the lungs (McCullough and Juliano 1979, Morimoto and Adachi 1982, Taylor et al 1989, Couvreur et al 1991, Khanna et al 1996, Saari et al 1998, Bi and Zhang 2007, improved stability of the drug both in vitro and in vivo, improved biocompatibility (Niven and Schreier 1990), bioavailability (Huang and Wang 2006), local targeting providing increased potency and reduced toxicity (Wyde et al 1988, Gruber et al 1989, Clark et al 1991, Freise et al 1994, Khanna et al 1996, Griffiths et al 1999, Letsou et al 1999, Gavalda et al 2005a, 2005b. Also, the high loading capacity of liposomes and low excipient-to-drug ratio of lipid based carriers results in less excipient accumulation in the lungs after repeated administration compared to polymer-based carriers (Bhavane et al 2003).…”