On demand manufacturing of patient-specific oral doses provides significant advantages to patients and healthcare staff. Several 3D printing (3DP) technologies have been proposed as a potential digital alternative to conventional…

Fixed-dose combination (FDC) products containing at least two different active pharmaceutical ingredients are designed to treat more effectively different pathologies as they have demonstrated to enhance patient compliance. However, the…

Aim: The aim of the present work was to fabricate customized tablets of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride through 3D printing for optimized dosing.  Materials & methods: A hot melt extrusion technique was employed to produce polyvinyl…

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of a robust drug supply chain which can be quickly and flexibly ramped up to produce life-saving drug treatments. 3D printing (3DP) of oral solid dosage forms (OSDF) could be…

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug product (Spritam®) and many medical devices manufactured by 3-dimensional printing (3DP) processes for human use. There is immense potential to print personalized medicines using 3DP.…

Extruded 3D printing is emerging as an attractive fabrication technology in the field of personalized oral medicines. The objective of this study was to develop a tunable extruded 3D printing platform based on thermo-sensitive gelatin…

Additive manufacturing (AM) is considered the latest technology that creates breakthrough innovations and addresses complex medical problems. This is clearly demonstrated by the promising results obtained in regenerative medicine,…

In the last decade 3D printing (3DP) technology has gained increasing interest in the pharmaceutical field addressing several novel challenges such as on-demand manufacturing at the point of need, customization of drug release profiles and…

Researchers at ETH have produced a gel from cellulose fibres and biodegradable nanoparticles that liquifies when pressed through the nozzle of a 3D printer, but then quickly returns to its original shape. Their invention paves the way for…

Three dimensional (3D) printing as an advanced manufacturing technology is progressing to be established in the pharmaceutical industry to overcome the traditional manufacturing regime of ʹone size fits for allʹ. Using 3D printing, it is…