Abstract: Cargo-loaded vesicles and compositions comprising such vesicles for oral delivery are provided, wherein the vesicles comprise one or more components from milk purified vesicles. Methods for producing such cargo loaded vesicles are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides milk vesicles as drug delivery vehicles, compositions comprising a therapeutic agent encapsulated within or otherwise associated with the milk vesicles, methods of producing such milk vesicles and compositions thereof, as well as methods of delivering such milk vesicles and compositions to a specific patient tissue or organ. Also provided herein is a composition comprising milk vesicles, wherein the milk vesicles comprise a lipid membrane to which one or more proteins are associated, and wherein (a) a relative abundance of casein in the composition is less than about 40%, and/or (b) a relative abundance of lactoglobulin in the composition is less than about 25%.

Abstract: A pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form for delivery of an agent to an intestinal site has one or more active agent regions having an active agent to be delivered to the intestinal site, one or more drying agent regions having at least one drying agent therein capable of drying an area about the intestinal site, the one or more drying agent regions being separate from the one or more active agent regions, and a protective coating at least partially covering a surface of the form. The dosage form has a fluid uptake capacity as measured for the entire dosage form when immersed in a fluid media according to a Dosage Form Fluid Uptake Assay of at least about 20 g fluid per dosage form.