Abstract

APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Sourav Santra* and Sattwik Das

Abstract

The pharmaceutical enterprise is shifting beforehand at a fast pace. Modern science has enabled the improvement of novel dosage varieties for focused therapy. However, the fabrication of novel dosage varieties at industrial scale is confined and the enterprise still runs on traditional drug shipping systems, specifically modified tablets. The introduction of 3D printing science in the pharmaceutical enterprise has opened new horizons in the lookup and development of printed substances and devices. The main advantages of 3D printing technological know-how lie in the manufacturing of small batches of medicines, every with tailor-made dosages, shapes, sizes, and launch characteristics. The manufacture of drug treatments in this way might also eventually lead to the thinking of customized medicines turning into a reality. This chapter gives an overview of how 3D printed technology has prolonged from preliminary unit operations to developed remaining products. The vast spectrum of purposes of third-dimensional printing (3D printing, 3DP) has attracted the interest of researchers working in numerous fields. In pharmaceutics, the essential concept at the back of 3D printing merchandise is to graph and advance transport structures that are suitable to an individual’s needs. In this way, the size, appearance, shape, and charge of shipping of a broad array of drug treatments should be without problems adjusted. The goal of this chapter is to supply a compilation of the 3D printing techniques, used for the fabrication of oral drug transport systems, and assessment the applicable scientific tendencies in precise these with modified-release characteristics.

Keywords: 3D print, personalized medicines, manufacturing, drug delivery, Computer-aided design.