The first 3D printed pill, an anti-epilepsy drug called Spritam, was recently approved by the FDA. Created by Ohio-based Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, Spritam is made with Aprecia's proprietary 3D ...

Traditional pills are made from powdered medicines, smashed together under high pressure to stabilize into a pill. But 3D printing could stack up medicines layer by layer, specially shaping and ...

The 3-D printing process creates a pill that has "a porous formulation that rapidly disintegrates with a sip of liquid," the company says. Aprecia says it based its printing platform on technology ...

the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for a 3D-printed pill to be produced. The FDA has previously approved medical devices - including prosthetics - that have been 3D printed.

A new technique for 3D printing medication has enabled the printing ... not being controlled or properly treated. A single pill approach would simplify taking multiple medications at different ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first 3D printed pill. The medicine, Spritam (levetiracetam), helps to treat epilepsy. Previous levetiracetam tablets did not dissolve easily ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August gave the go-ahead for a 3D printed pill. The drug, Spritam (levetiracetam), a version of a widely used drug for controlling seizures ...

Multiply Labs specially created a robot-created, 3D-printed pill that incorporates several compartments, one for each of the prescribed drug, and each of them behave like a separate pill.

Max Planck scientists have now developed a model for designing complex 3D-printable pill shapes that release ... even with the help of 3D printing. Still, if those hurdles can be overcome the ...

A new technique for 3D printing medication has enabled the printing ... not being controlled or properly treated. A single pill approach would simplify taking multiple medications at different ...

In a world first, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for a 3D-printed pill to be produced. In a world first, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for a 3D ...