Dolores R Serrano, Aytug Kara, Iván Yuste, Francis C Luciano, Baris Ongoren, Brayan J Anaya, Gracia Molina, Laura Diez, Bianca I Ramirez, Irving O Ramirez, Sergio A Sánchez-Guirales, Raquel Fernández-García, Liliana Bautista, Helga K Ruiz, Aikaterini Lalatsa
3D printing technologies enable medicine customization adapted to patients' needs. There are several 3D printing techniques available, but majority of dosage forms and medical devices are printed using nozzle-based extrusion, laser-writing systems, and powder binder jetting. 3D printing has been demonstrated for a broad range of applications in development and targeting solid, semi-solid, and locally applied or implanted medicines. 3D-printed solid dosage forms allow the combination of one or more drugs within the same solid dosage form to improve patient compliance, facilitate deglutition, tailor the release profile, or fabricate new medicines for which no dosage form is available...
January 17, 2023: Pharmaceutics