Opportunities and challenges of three-dimensional printing technology in pharmaceutical formulation development

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

Weisan Pan¹  Mengsuo Cui²  Yupei Su²  Dongyang Fang²  Pingtian Ding²  Sen Qiao²  Hao Pan³ 

[1] Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: [phone] (Pingtian Ding);Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China;School of Pharmacy, Liaoning University, 66 Chongshan Middle Road, Shenyang 110036, China;

关键词: Three-dimensional printing technology;    Drug delivery system;    Pharmaceutical;    Personalized medicine;    Additive manufacturing;    On-demand manufacturing;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Three-dimensional printing is a technology that prints the products layer-by-layer, in which materials are deposited according to the digital model designed by computer aided design (CAD) software. This technology has competitive advantages regarding product design complexity, product personalization, and on-demand manufacturing. The emergence of 3D technology provides innovative strategies and new ways to develop novel drug delivery systems. This review summarizes the application of 3D printing technologies in the pharmaceutical field, with an emphasis on the advantages of 3D printing technologies for achieving rapid drug delivery, personalized drug delivery, compound drug delivery and customized drug delivery. In addition, this article illustrates the limitations and challenges of 3D printing technologies in the field of pharmaceutical formulation development.

【 授权许可】

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