3D-Printing: an emerging and a revolutionary technology in pharmaceuticals.

3D-Printing: an emerging and a revolutionary technology in pharmaceuticals. Panminerva Med. 2018 Jun 01;: Authors: Singhvi G, Patil S, Girdhar V, Chellappan DK, Gupta G, Dua K Abstract One of the novel and progressive technology employed in pharmaceutical manufacturing, design of medical device and tissue engineering is threedimensional (3D) printing. 3D printing technologies provide great advantages in 3D scaffolds fabrication over traditional methods in the control of pore size, porosity, and interconnectivity. Various techniques of 3Dprinting include powder bed fusion, fused deposition modeling, binder deposition, inkjet printing, photopolymerization and many others which are still evolving. 3Dprinting technique been employed in developing immediate release products, various systems to deliver multiple release modalities etc. 3D printing has opened the door for new generation of customized drug delivery with builtin flexibility for safer and effective therapy. Our minireview provides a quick snapshot on an overview of 3D printing, various techniques employed, applications and its advancements in pharmaceutical sciences. PMID: 29856179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Panminerva Medica - Category: General Medicine Tags: Panminerva Med Source Type: research