Additive Manufacturing Applications for Drug Delivery Systems

It The concept of tailored medicine for individual patients have long been there but gained immense attention only lately. An enormous amount of interest in 3D printing technology is provided by its phenomenal application potential in the pharmaceutical and other health care industries. This 3D printing technology is all about Layer-by-layer fabrication of 3Dgra objects from digital designs. This review provides a detailed yet much-focused discussion about 3D printing technology, the outline of 3D printing-based drug delivery technology its application in the pharmaceutical product development process. Based on the method of material layering, 3D printers are generally inkjet, extrusion, or laser- based systems. This review discusses the different types of 3D printer sand their applications in different areas of drug delivery. A number of recent researches conducted within the pharmaceutical 3D printing field for drug delivery applications are also presented here. In addition to those promising opportunities, the review identifies technical and regulatory challenges that restrain the application of such a technology in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector and the suggested steps to overcome such challenges.