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Preparation of Novel Pirfenidone Microspheres for Lung-Targeted Delivery: In vitro and in vivo Study [Retraction]

Authors Li D, Gong L

Received 17 November 2022

Accepted for publication 17 November 2022

Published 18 November 2022 Volume 2022:16 Pages 4017—4018

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S398022



Li D, Gong L. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2016;10:2815–2821.

The Editor and Publisher of Drug Design, Development and Therapy wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised regarding the alleged duplication of images from Figures 1 and 4 with those from other unrelated articles. Specifically,

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