Excipients & Pharmaceutical 3D Printing

How 3D Printing is Transforming Pharmaceuticals into More Precise, Effective Treatments

3D printing is one of the most revolutionary technologies of contemporary life. It’s reducing manufacturing costs, personalising industries, and saving lives one innovation at a time. Computer-aided design files can be customised in a snip, so multifunctional drug delivery systems are finally possible… Click here for the complete overview!

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Since 2004, Aprecia has been pioneering the technology of 3-Dimensional Printing (3DP) for pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing. Aprecia manufacturers SPRITAM® (levetiracetam) which is the world’s first and only FDA-approved and…

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Traditional tablet production is efficient for large volumes, but it’s costly and time-consuming for clinical trial drug manufacture. 3D printing will make it simpler, faster and less expensive. Large-scale tablet production as we know it today was invented in the late 19th century. Although the machinery has, of course, become more modern, the manufacturing process has hardly changed and is still based on the compression of powders and granules….

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Creation of Filaments for 3D Printing via Hot Melt Extrusion: Evaluating Different Downstream Technologies

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Improving the Bioavailability of Challenging APIs using Hot Melt Extrusion with Polyvinyl Alcohol

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Shaping the Future of Formulation Development with Melt-based 3D Printing Technologies

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Dissertation by Ilias El Aita: Part 2 The term 3DP is an umbrella term encompassing several technologies, which differ in...

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Advantages and challenges of pharmaceutical 3D printing

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The utilization of 3DP as manufacturing process might provide some potential benefits for the pharmaceutical industry as well as for...

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From bench to bedside: Three-dimensional (3D) printing of pediatric dosage forms for personalized pharmacotherapy

7. January 2026

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has emerged as a transformative technology in pediatric drug delivery, offering solutions to long-standing challenges such as dose flexibility, palatability, swallowability, and adherence. Conventional pharmaceutical manufacturing often fails to meet these needs due to its reliance on...

Advances in 3D Printed Microneedles as a Prototype for Skin Targeted Therapeutics in Personalized Dermal Pharmaceuticals

2. January 2026

Beyond Dysphagia in Parkinson’s Disease: 3D Printing of Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) for Optimized Treatment

31. December 2025

3D-Printed Multifunctional Multicompartment Polymer-Based Capsules for Tunable and Spatially Controlled Drug Release

26. December 2025

Polysaccharide-Based Drug Delivery Systems in Pediatrics: Addressing Age-Specific Challenges and Therapeutic Applications

22. December 2025

Three-Dimensional Screen Printing Technology Enables Sequential Release of Carbidopa and Levodopa—A New Approach Improving Levodopa Delivery for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

11. December 2025

3D Printing For Personalized Medicine: Excipients For A Digital Pharmacy Era

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Selection of interesting 3DP articles

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Advances in powder bed fusion 3D printing in drug delivery and healthcare

10. May 2021

Powder bed fusion (PBF) is a 3D printing method that selectively consolidates powders into 3D objects using a power source....

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Semi-solid extrusion 3D printing in drug delivery and biomedicine: Personalised solutions for healthcare challenges

4. March 2021

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an innovative additive manufacturing technology, capable of fabricating unique objects in a layer-by-layer manner. Semi-solid extrusion...

3D-printing of solid lipid tablets from emulsion gels

13. February 2021

Excipients & Pharmaceutical 3D Printing

How 3D Printing is Transforming Pharmaceuticals into More Precise, Effective Treatments

See Aprecia's 3D printing solutions here

See an overview of Aprecia’s solutions including video, PDF and studies!

Short overview:

See Merck's 3D printing solutions here

See an overview of Merck’s 3D printing solutions!

Creation of Filaments for 3D Printing via Hot Melt Extrusion: Evaluating Different Downstream Technologies

Improving the Bioavailability of Challenging APIs using Hot Melt Extrusion with Polyvinyl Alcohol

Shaping the Future of Formulation Development with Melt-based 3D Printing Technologies

Special 3D Printing Article Series

Introduction to 3D-printing

Technologies in 3D-printing

Advantages and challenges of pharmaceutical 3D printing

Watch Aprecia's ZipDose technology here:

Overview 3D Printing Articles

From bench to bedside: Three-dimensional (3D) printing of pediatric dosage forms for personalized pharmacotherapy

Advances in 3D Printed Microneedles as a Prototype for Skin Targeted Therapeutics in Personalized Dermal Pharmaceuticals

Beyond Dysphagia in Parkinson’s Disease: 3D Printing of Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) for Optimized Treatment

3D-Printed Multifunctional Multicompartment Polymer-Based Capsules for Tunable and Spatially Controlled Drug Release

Polysaccharide-Based Drug Delivery Systems in Pediatrics: Addressing Age-Specific Challenges and Therapeutic Applications

Three-Dimensional Screen Printing Technology Enables Sequential Release of Carbidopa and Levodopa—A New Approach Improving Levodopa Delivery for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

3D Printing For Personalized Medicine: Excipients For A Digital Pharmacy Era

Selection of interesting 3DP articles

Advances in powder bed fusion 3D printing in drug delivery and healthcare

Semi-solid extrusion 3D printing in drug delivery and biomedicine: Personalised solutions for healthcare challenges

3D-printing of solid lipid tablets from emulsion gels

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