On average, 90% of new drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. fail to make it to a commercial market due to inadequacy of the current screening process. As a result, the manufacturers…
Michigan vapor jet 3D printed medicines treat cancer as well as other drugs
A new method of 3D printing custom medication has been developed at the University of Michigan. The method uses an electronics manufacturing technique called Organic Vapor Jet Printing (OVJP), the tec…
3D printed pills: interview with FabRx at University College London
Are 3D printed pills the future? We visited a London laboratory to find out. Established by academics from University College London (UCL) in 2014, FabRx is a company seeking commercialize 3D printed …
3D printed polyester filament is just the tonic for drug-releasing implants
Research from the University of Greifswald, Germany, uses quinine, a substance found in tonic water also used to treat malaria, to study 3D printer filaments for their ability to gradually release dru…
A new 3D bioink for PolyJet 3D printed pills
Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a viable bioink for 3D printed pills. As seen at the 3D Medical Expo in Maastricht, 3D printed pharmaceuticals are a re…
3D Medical Expo 2017 3D Printing Industry Preview
3D Printing Industry are at the 3D Medical Expo in Maastricht at the southern tip of the Netherlands. Over the course of two days, four different conferences are taking place, making this event one of…