Special Issues

Pharmaceuticals publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advanced Strategies in Drug Design and Development of Small Molecules as Therapeutic Agents
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3646 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
New Approaches for the Prevention and Alleviation of Metabolic Syndrome 2024
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic disorder; IBD; diabetes; hypertension; obesity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Nucleobase, Nucleoside, and Nucleotide Analogues
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open
Keywords: nucleobase; nucleoside; nucleotide; drug design; structural mimicry; enzyme inhibitors; anticancer agents; antivirals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Sirtuins as Novel Biological Targets for Pharmacological Intervention in Physiology and Pathology submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 775 | Submission Open
Keywords: sirtuins; metabolism; cancer; hypoxia; damage recovery; cell death
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Application of Membrane Transporters in Drug Development
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane transporters; ABC; SLC; transporter-mediated drug; drug– drug interaction; drug development; pharmacological barriers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Phage Discovery and Phage Therapy
edited by Sha Liu and Nan Hao
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open
Keywords: phage discovery; phage biology; phage engineering; phage lysins; phage therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Data-Driven Biomarker and Drug Discovery for Complex Disease
edited by , Tao Ban and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular disease; diabetes; neurodegenerative diseases; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; systems biology; data mining; biomarker; drug discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Therapeutics for Ferroptosis in CNS Disease
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: iron; free radicals; oxidative stress; neurodegeneration; hypoxia; antioxidants; iron chelators; ABC transporters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Antimicrobial Peptides: Design, Synthesis and Pharmaceutical Applications
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submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural antimicrobial peptides; antimicrobial peptide design and modifications; antimicrobial peptide structures; antimicrobial peptide stability; mechanism/mode of action of antimicrobial peptides; antimicrobial peptide applications; modulation of infection-related immune and inflammation by peptides; extended applications of antimicrobial peptides for treatments of cancers and other diseases; clinical trials of pharmaceutical peptides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Choline Kinase as a Therapeutic Target
edited by Tahl Zimmerman and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: choline kinase; inhibitors; antitumor; antiparasitic; antibiotics; immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
New Insights into Therapy for Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
edited by Robert Joseph Shmookler Reis, Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam and
submission deadline 22 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10314 | Submission Open
Keywords: Alzheimer’ s disease; Parkinson’ s disease; Huntington’ s disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; neurodegeneration; inflammation; anti-inflammatory drugs; post-translational modifications; protein misfolding; protein aggregation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Current Therapies for Endometriosis, Adenomyosis and Endometrial Cancer
edited by Ambrogio Pietro Londero, and
submission deadline 22 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6136 | Submission Open
Keywords: endometriosis; adenomyosis; endometrial cancer; hormonal therapy; non-hormonal therapy; pain management; fertility preservation; complementary/alternative medicine; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation with Potential Anti-inflammatory Activity submission deadline 22 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3188 | Submission Open
Keywords: anti-inflammatory; COX/LOX; IL-6; JAK; STAT3; p38MAPK; TNF-α ; asthma; Alzheimer's disease; cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Long Noncoding RNAs as Pharmacological Targets in Neurological Diseases submission deadline 22 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2573 | Submission Open
Keywords: LncRNAs; neurodevelopment; neurodegeneration; epigenetics; non-coding RNAs; gene therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Natural Products Derived from Fungi and Their Biological Activities
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submission deadline 23 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungi; medicinal fungi; fruiting bodies; mycelial cultures; bioactive compounds; pro-health activity; mushroom products; natural therapy; natural medicines
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
HIV and Viral Hepatitis: Prevention, Treatment and Coinfection submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1872 | Submission Open
Keywords: coinfection; drug discovery; HBV; HCV; HDV; HIV; neutralizing antibodies; prevention; treatment; vaccine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Drug-Induced and Herbal Hepatotoxicity and Methods of Its Prevention submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18279 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug-induced hepatotoxicity; herbal hepatotoxicity; acute and chronic liver damage; pathomechanisms of liver injury; oxidative stress; inflammation; apoptosis and necrosis; fibrosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Oral Cancer and Oral Cancer Pain
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submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11120 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral cancer; oral cancer pain; drug discovery; natural compounds; immunotherapy; small molecule inhibitors; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Pharmacological Treatments for Melanoma submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11005 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced melanoma; immune escape; metastasis; targeted therapies; biomarkers; precision medicine; tumor microenvironment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Photodynamic Therapy 2023
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submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8387 | Submission Open
Keywords: photodynamic therapy; photosensitizers; nanoparticles; photodiagnosis; targeting; antimicrobial; X-rays excitation; two photon and upconversion; immunomodulation; dosimetry; hypoxia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Botanicals: Bioactive Molecules and Therapeutic Properties for Human Health 2023 submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7472 | Submission Open
Keywords: isolation/characterization of plant metabolites; biosynthesis of medicinal botanicals; chemical synthesis of botanicals; biological activity screening of botanicals; medicinal chemistry evaluation of botanicals; application of computational methods to study bioactive botanicals; phytochemical-derived drug leads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Network Pharmacology of Natural Products submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6265 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; plant extracts; structure-activity relationship; network pharmacology; multitarget effects; synergy of complex preparations; pleiotropic activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Polyphenols in the Treatment for Neuroinflammation-Induced Neurodegenerative Disease submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5977 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Pyrazole and Thiazole Derivatives in Medicinal Chemistry submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3753 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Drug Analysis and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
edited by , Ana Catalán Latorre and
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3631 | Submission Open
Keywords: personalized medicine; therapeutic drug monitoring; pharmacokinetics model; pharmacometric model; drug bioanalysis; clinical pharmaceutics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Toxicological Effects of Drug Abuse and Its Consequences on Health submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3600 | Submission Open
Keywords: addiction; drug abuse; toxicology; treatment; bioactive compound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Tumors in the CNS submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3338 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary brain tumors; glioblastoma; brain metastases (BMs); neuro-oncology; blood– brain barrier (BBB); drug delivery; preclinical PK/PD; molecularly targeted agents; immunotherapy; new modalities
Combining Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapies in Cancer Treatment
edited by , and Marek Ziobro
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3323 | Submission Open
Keywords: immunotherapy; PDL/PDL1
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Hydrogels for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications 2024 submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2506 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogel; pharmaceutical applications; biomedical applications; drug delivery system; tissue engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2146 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein kinases; cancer; small molecule kinase inhibitors; heterocyclic compounds; cancer resistance; targeted therapy; cancer-altered pathway; genetic mutations; FDA-approved kinase inhibitors; kinase inhibitors combinations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Novel Anti-proliferative Agents 2024
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submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1995 | Submission Open
Keywords: medicinal chemistry; drug discovery; natural compounds; synthetic compounds; organic synthesis; bioactivity; anticancer drugs; antiproliferative activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Metal-Based Drugs for Cancer Treatment, Antibacterial and Antiviral Applications submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal-based drugs; anticancer compounds; antivirals; antibiotics; chemotherapy; drug targeting; delivery strategies; drug repurposing; medicinal chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Drug-Drug Interactions (DDI) and Personalized Medicine in Oncology
edited by and Andrea Botticelli
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Small Molecules in Cancer Immunotherapy submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer immunotherapy; small molecules; immunocheckpoints; PD-1/PD-L1; A2A/A2B adenosine receptors; toll-like receptor; chemokine receptors; CD39/CD73
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Targeted Therapies for Epilepsy
edited by , and Chiara Lucchi
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1368 | Submission Open
Keywords: epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy; neurological disorder; spontaneous recurrent seizures; epileptogenesis; antiepileptogenic medications; antiseizure medications; drug-resistant epilepsy; adverse effects; drug discontinuation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Modern Approach to Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Marek Saracyn and
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1190 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs); neuroendocrine tumors (NETs); non-invasive interventions; NEN surgery; somatostatin analogs; radioligand therapy (RLT; PRRT); NEN targeted therapy; NEN chemotherapy; NEN epidemiology; NEN treatment complications; [68Ga]Ga-PET/CT; [18F]FDG- PET/CT; [99mTc]-scintigraphy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Photosensitizers and Drug Delivery Systems for Photodynamic Therapy
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submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 570 | Submission Open
Keywords: photodynamic therapy; photosensitizers; nanoparticles; photo diagnosis; targeting; antimicrobial; X-rays excitation; two-photon and up-conversion; Cherenkov; hypoxia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Purinergic Signaling: A New Pharmacological Target submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 521 | Submission Open
Keywords: purinergic receptors; ectonucleotidases; nucleotides; nucleoside
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
Barrier Dynamics and Immune Interplay in Brain Aging and Injury
edited by , Congcong Wang, Xin Wang and Zongshi Qin
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open
Keywords: aging; neurodegenerative and neurovascular disorders; blood– brain barrier; immune response; adjunct therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
In Vivo Nuclear Molecular Imaging in Drug Development and Pharmacological Research: New Advances
edited by Haitao Wu and
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: in vivo nuclear imaging; biomarker imaging; molecular imaging; PET; SPECT; pharmacokinetics; personalized medicine; drug development; molecular pathway
(This special issue belongs to the Section Radiopharmaceutical Sciences)
Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pharmacology 2024
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: heart; arrhythmia; Ca2+ handling; ion channels; electrophysiology; pharmacology
Metal-Based Agents in Drug Discovery 2024
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submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: medicinal inorganic chemistry; medicinal coordination chemistry; metal based drugs; transition metal complexes; coordination compounds; antifungal properties; antibacterial properties; anticancer properties
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
The Age of In-Silico Methods in Drug Discovery, Development, Manufacture and Quality Control submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12898 | Submission Open
Keywords: in silico methods; target identification and validation; lead optimization; ADME; drug delivery; formulation optimization and bioavailability; safety and efficacy; pharmacokinetic analysis; pharmaceutical manufacturing process development; quality control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Technology)
Recent Advances in Natural Product Based Nanostructured Systems submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7486 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Natural Products in Diabetes Mellitus 2.0 submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1437 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; hypoglycemia; phenolic compounds; diabetes mellitus; therapeutic; ROS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products)
Glycans and Glycan-Binding Proteins in Drug Research
edited by and Javier Ramos-Soriano
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: glycomimetics; lectin; carbohydrate– protein interaction; glycoconjugates; glycoscience; drug development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Adverse Drug Reactions
edited by Engi Abd El Hady Algharably and Ursula Gundert-Remy
submission deadline 29 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12064 | Submission Open
Keywords: therapeutic drug monitoring; adverse drug reactions; pharmacokinetics; personalized medicine; medication safety; biomarkers; pharmacogenomics; drug therapy optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
The 20th Anniversary of Pharmaceuticals—Emerging Trends in Biopharmaceuticals submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 20502 | Submission Open
Keywords: proteins; nucleic acids; aptamers; Glycans; macromolecules; antibodies; phages; viruses; therapeutic tools; peptidomimetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biopharmaceuticals)
Molecular Systems for the Delivery of Drugs and Contrast Agents submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12554 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarker-targeted drugs; contrast media for diagnostic imaging; drug delivery systems; photoactivated drugs and photoswitches; theranostics; liposomes; biomaterials-based drugs and drug shuttles (e.g.; DNA origami); biomimetic materials; nanoparticle applications to diagnostics and therapy; in silico drug design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
Heterocyclic Compounds in Medicinal Chemistry submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11019 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterocycles; bioactive compounds; drug design and discovery; in silico studies; phytochemicals; anticancer agents; antifungal agents; anti-inflammatory agents; antimicrobial agents; antiviral agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
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