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SLS 3D Printing for Ondansetron Printlets, Improving Patient-Specific Doses
International researchers are delving further into the manufacturing of patient-specific medications, outlining their findings in ‘Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing of Orally Disintegrating Printlets Containing Ondansetron.’ Experimenting with a new…
Bangladesh: Brac University Student Centers Thesis Around 3D, 4D & Even 5D Printing in Medicine
Fatema Tuz Zohra Moonmoon has submitted a thesis, ‘Possibilities of 3D & 4D printing technologies for personalized medicine’ to Brac University, exploring the ways digital fabrication may continue to impact…
Utah State University: 3D Printing for Pharmaceuticals on the Micro Scale
In ‘Application of Micro-Scale 3D Printing in Pharmaceutics,’ authors Andrew Kjar and Yu Huang of Utah State University examine the advantages of fabricating drugs on the micro-scale. As they point…
Optimizing Ibuprofen Release Printlets with DLP 3D Printing
In the recently published ‘Optimization and Prediction of Ibuprofen Release from 3D DLP Printlets Using Artificial Neural Networks,’ Serbian researchers explore detailed use of 3D printing with medications, experimenting to…
Korea: 3D Printing Pregabalin Tablets for Successful & Controlled Release
In the recently published ‘Customized Novel Design of 3D Printed Pregabalin Tablets for Instra-Gastric Floating and Controlled Release Using Fused Deposition Modeling,’ Korean researchers examine more detailed use of 3D…
Researchers 3D Print Six Different Drugs in Multi-Layered Polypill
In the recently published ‘3D Printing of a Multi-Layered Polypill Containing Six Drugs Using a Novel Stereolithographic Method,’ international researchers explore the potential of 3D printing in the pharmaceutical industry….
SLS 3D Printing for 3D Printed Pellets for Multi-Drug Controlled Release
In ‘3D Printed Pellets (Miniprintlets): A Novel, Multi-Drug, Controlled Release Platform Technology,’ international researchers explore better ways to deliver medications via SLS 3D printing in oral form. For this study,…
Researchers Recognize Transformative Power of 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals
Authors Ghadge Snehal, Aloorkar Nagesh, and Sudake Suresh from the Satara College of Pharmacy explore 3D printing of medication, and the possibilities for the future in ‘A Decisive Overview on Three Dimensional…
3D Printed Paracetamol Tablets Have Big Implications for Personalized Medicine
Drugs affect everyone differently. That’s why it’s so hard to find the right medication and right dosage to treat people with depression, for example, or why certain people don’t seem…
New Research Paper Takes In-Depth Look at Challenges and Benefits of 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals
It might seem like a strange idea when you first think about it, but using 3D printing to fabricate pharmaceuticals actually makes sense for several beneficial reasons, including lower production…
FabRx Examines SLS 3D Printing for Novel Solid Dosage Pills with Accelerated Drug Release Properties
3D printing is allowing researchers to make enormous impacts in the medical field with a spectacular new array of diagnostic devices, implants, models, and more. With the ability to make…
FabRx Turns to SLS 3D Printing Technology for More Effective Customized Medicine Production
3D printed pills are still something that make a lot of people raise their eyebrows; compared to other medical applications, they’re not quite as common or well-known yet. There are…
The R&D Aspects of 3D Printing Pharmaceuticals
With the release of the first 3D printed and FDA approved drug last year, pharmaceutical companies from all around are investing in 3D printing technologies. It has proven to be…
Why Would We Think About 3D Printing Pharmaceuticals?
A few months ago coming home from a conference, the cardiac physician queued alongside me to board the flight back to the US was skeptical about the merits of 3D…
3D Printing Customized Printlets Creates Personal Pharmaceutical Solutions — A Few Questions For: FabRx
Some medications don’t require a spoonful of sugar to go down easier — just 3D printing them into customized shapes and formulations might be just what the doctor (very literally)…
Study Shows High Accuracy of Medicinal 3D Printing
A study led by University of Cambridge Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr. Daniel Markl and Chemical Engineering professor Dr. Axel Zeitler demonstrated the viability of 3D printing technology in structuring and printing active…
From Multiply Labs: Pre-Order Now to Design & Customize Your Own 3D Printed, Multi-Release Supplements
For those just catching a glimpse into 3D printing, it may seem like a conglomeration worldwide of outrageous innovations—some which could possibly offer benefit—and others which seem incredible but are…
Imagine Taking Just One Pill a Day for All That Ails You with 3D Printed Meds
Amidst the long list of pluses, there are a few things that are controversial in 3D printing with some of the light and dark and pros and cons frustratingly intertwined,…
Researchers Are Much More Successful 3D Printing Pills Using SLA Technology
As 3D printing makes major impacts on the medical industry, it’s hard to find an area that’s not affected positively—and in most cases, substantially. From creating 3D printed models to…
Aprecia’s 3D Printed Epilepsy Drug is Finally Commercially Available
Getting a new medication to the market is not a fast or easy process, no matter how promising the drug is. There’s the research and development phase, testing, more testing,…
Editor’s Choice: 15 of the Coolest 3D Printing Stories of 2015
2015 has been quite a year. Personally, I’ve loved it; I got married, bought a house, hit a milestone birthday, and became editor-in-chief of this great site. I’m almost sad…
Liability and Legal Issues May Derail the Future of 3D Printed Medication
Bloomberg BNA’s Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report was recently released, and according to attorneys the recent FDA approval of the first 3D printed drug could lead to several complicated legal,…
3D Printing Customized Pills May Lead to More Effective Medical Care
In a presentation to American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (AHASS) a group of medical researchers from North Carolina’s Wake Forest University developed a method to 3D print custom medications in…
The FDA Approves the First 3D Printed Pill to Help Prevent Epileptic Seizures
One of the largest hurdles that healthcare practitioners treating epilepsy need to overcome is often with their own patients. It turns out that an estimated 30 to 50 percent of…