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Review article: Biomedical intelligence

Vol. 144 No. 4950 (2014)

Nanotechnology in medicine: European research and its implications

  • Margarethe Hofmann-Amtenbrink
  • Heinrich Hofmann
  • Alessandra Hool
  • François Roubert
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14044
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14044
Published
30.11.2014

Summary

In this study, we explore and discuss nanoparticles and nanoscale materials and their use in medicine (nanomedicine) and pharmaceutics (nanopharmaceutics). The study is aimed at shedding light on this highly multidisciplinary research field and at examining the influence of research funding, industrial applications, and legal and regulatory frameworks on the research in this field, a clear understanding of which is essential to efficiently support the translation of research findings into industrial and clinical applications and to enable access to a larger society.

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