3D Printer:

3D Printing (also called additive manufacturing) is any of various process used to a three dimensional
object.In 3D Printing,additive process are used,in which successive layer of material are laid down
under computer control. These objects can be of almost any shape or geometry,and are produced
from a 3D model or other electronic data source.A 3D printer is a type of industrial robot.b

3D Printing Tablet Manufacturing:

3D printing is revolutionizing pharma by allowing new substance to be tested directly on human

tissues,and by changing the economics of scale,whereby any drug can be cost effective.

3D Printing In Tablet Manufacturing

3D Printing , a technology is just found in the world of medicine.The US Food and drug
Administration approved an epilepsy medicine called Spiratam, made by 3D Printers,approved by
the FDA for use inside the human body .aprecia, is the pharmaceutical company introduced this new
form of tablet manufacturing.

Development of Drug Using 3D printer:

The drug was developed using pensylvaniazipDose technology, which builds on existing 3D printer
research carried out by MIT into creating fast-melting materials

Zoipdose is a 3D Printer that creates pills by printing out thin layer of medicine in
powder form,with layers of a water based binder spread between each of the powder layers.

The result is a tablet that can dissolve with a sip of water in less than 5 seconds.

A Part from aprecia’s 3D Printed drug, the only other simple example in the market is Hewelett
Packard’s D300 Digital Dispenser device, which dispenses liquids directly into assay plates to speed
up the experiments of drug discovery biologists.

Aprecia refers to these new 3D Printed Pills as ‘’fast melt” to differentiate them from tablets
and capsules.

With 3D Printing,each dosage can be individually measured and then printed.

3D PRINTER CAN PRODUCE A TABLET WITH A PRECISE QUANTITY OF MEDICINE

Britain’s university of central Lancashire (UCLan) is developing a 3D Printer that can produce a tablet
containing a precise quantity of medicine, with the potential of creating customized drugs for
individuals. The device uses a new drug-polymer filament system to replicate complex tablet
design.Researchers predict that hospitals and drug makers will use the technique within the next
five years and hope that eventually patients who require daily dosage changes could use the printer
in their homes.

The UCLan team says that the medicine, which is aweaiting a patient appilication,can “print” a
tablet with a precise quantity of medicine that can be taken by a patient.

Although the printer can reproduce existing drugs available in drugstores and hospitals, the
UCLan team says that the main advantage of the printer is that it could potentially tailor drugs to be
a patients’s needs.
 HOW DOES IT WORKS…………

A 3D Printer works by adding materials layer by until a 3D shape emerges.

The new technology was made possible by a drug polymer filament system that can replace
the original filament in a 3D printer.This new system allows the printer to replicate a complex tablet
design, matching dose and weight with a high level accuracy.

The system can provide medicinal institutions with a new option and maintain dosage
form properties while accurately adjusting the dose with simple software order-something that was
previously considered costly and required experienced staff and dedicated facilities.

 A 3D Printing process also allows layers of medications to be packaged more tightly in

precise dosages. 3D Printed pills could be custom-ordered ,based on specific patient needs,
rather than on a one-drug-fits-all approach.
 The possibility to 3D print drugs on affordable devices eventually lead to cheaper
medication.UCLan hopes for