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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The 3DP revolution: Planning effective brand extension for in-market drugs

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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…

Purpose: For several years now 3D printing technology has been gaining increasing attention within the…

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Improving the Bioavailability of Challenging APIs using Hot Melt Extrusion with…

New molecular entities (NMEs) are becoming larger and more lipophilic and, as a result, less soluble. While…

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

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a powerful technology that has wide-ranging applications, including many in the…

Special 3D Printing Article Series

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Introduction to 3D-printing

Dissertation by Ilias El Aita: Part 1 For years, patients were viewed as a homogeneous group and selected drug…

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Advantages and challenges of pharmaceutical 3D printing

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Revealing Three-Dimensional Printing Technology Advances for Oral Drug Delivery: Application to Central-Nervous-System-Related Diseases

Apr 15, 2025

Abstract Background/Objectives. Central nervous system (CNS)-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), stroke, epilepsy, and migraines are leading causes of morbidity and disability worldwide. New solutions for drug delivery are…