Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Microneedle technology is an attractive method to overcome the epidermis and effectively transport therapeutics transdermally. The fabrication of all type of needles is described with their mechanism of permeation. Microneedle patches showed efficacy in piercing the skin and delivering the drugs having high molecular weight and hydrophilic in nature. There are various advantages of microneedle transdermal drug delivery methods over other techniques which help to make it successful delivery system. It is a novel method of incorporating drug in microneedles having tremendous scope and various applications.