“…Diverse drug types, including small molecule type chemicals (Cho et al, 2008;Huh et al, 2010), peptides (Chen et al, 2009;Yu and Kim, 2009), proteins (Jintapattanakit et al, 2010;Leitner et al, 2004), and nucleic acids (Bitko and Barik, 2008;Howard et al, 2006;Vetter et al, 2010), have been attempted for administration via the nasal route for local as well as systemic delivery. Nasal delivery has several advantages, which include rapid onset of action, non-invasiveness, avoidance of hepatic and intestinal first-pass metabolism, and self-medication (Costantino et al, 2007;Pires et al, 2009).…”