Home > Extreme FDA approves first 3D-printed pill, could signal era of custom medication New 3D printed pill could be the first step toward custom-made medications for all your needs.

This would create a computer model of a small multi-pronged template (an example of one can be seen in the top image, what the tweezers are picking up). That model is sent to a 3D printer.

High-Precision Inkjet 3D Printing for Pharmaceuticals Inkjet 3D printing (also called material jetting) offers a way to deposit medicine drop by drop, building pills layer by layer under computer ...

Much like how 3D printers produce 3D models from plastics, the Aprecia pill is printed layer-by-layer to form a highly porous structure with a technology called ZipDose.

Pharmacies, doctors’ offices and other medical institutions could one day offer individual patients medications that are customized to their needs using 3D printing technology. The new technology has ...

That model is sent to a 3D printer, that creates a mold of the template and a non-toxic liquid polymer mixed with the medication is then poured into that mold, creating a positive cast of the ...

The 3D printer extrudes medicines layer by layer to build several strata of medications in a single pill. Because it’s 3D-printed rather than pressed, the pill can be developed in any shape.

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals will start manufacturing the first FDA approved 3D printed pill in October in Blue Ash. Full production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2016.