PMID- 32300587 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2296-4185 (Print) IS - 2296-4185 (Electronic) IS - 2296-4185 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2020 TI - A Methodological Safe-by-Design Approach for the Development of Nanomedicines. PG - 258 LID - 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00258 [doi] LID - 258 AB - Safe-by-Design (SbD) concepts foresee the risk identification and reduction as well as uncertainties regarding human health and environmental safety in early stages of product development. The EU's NANoREG project and further on the H2020 ProSafe initiative, NanoReg2, and CALIBRATE projects have developed a general SbD approach for nanotechnologies (e.g., paints, textiles, etc.). Based on it, the GoNanoBioMat project elaborated a methodological SbD approach (GoNanoBioMat SbD approach) for nanomedicines with a focus on polymeric nanobiomaterials (NBMs) used for drug delivery. NBMs have various advantages such as the potential to increase drug efficacy and bioavailability. However, the nanoscale brings new challenges to product design, manufacturing, and handling. Nanomedicines are costly and require the combination of knowledge from several fields. In this paper, we present the GoNanoBioMat SbD approach, which allows identifying and addressing the relevant safety aspects to address when developing polymeric NBMs during design, characterization, assessment of human health and environmental risk, manufacturing and handling, and combines the nanoscale and medicine field under one approach. Furthermore, regulatory requirements are integrated into the innovation process. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Schmutz, Borges, Jesus, Borchard, Perale, Zinn, Sips, Soeteman-Hernandez, Wick and Som. FAU - Schmutz, Melanie AU - Schmutz M AD - Technology and Society Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland. FAU - Borges, Olga AU - Borges O AD - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - Jesus, Sandra AU - Jesus S AD - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - Borchard, Gerrit AU - Borchard G AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Geneva-Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland. FAU - Perale, Giuseppe AU - Perale G AD - Polymer Engineering Laboratory, Department of Innovative Technologies, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology Institute, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland. FAU - Zinn, Manfred AU - Zinn M AD - Institute of Life Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), Sion, Switzerland. FAU - Sips, Adrienne A J A M AU - Sips AAJAM AD - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands. FAU - Soeteman-Hernandez, Lya G AU - Soeteman-Hernandez LG AD - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands. FAU - Wick, Peter AU - Wick P AD - Particles-Biology Interactions Lab, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland. FAU - Som, Claudia AU - Som C AD - Technology and Society Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200402 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Bioeng Biotechnol JT - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology JID - 101632513 PMC - PMC7145422 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Safe-by-Design OT - drug delivery OT - nanocarriers OT - nanomedicine OT - polymeric nanobiomaterials EDAT- 2020/04/18 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/18 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/04/18 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00258 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2020 Apr 2;8:258. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00258. eCollection 2020.