3D printing has been widely used from many years in medical fields such as printing new jawbones, hearing aids, heart valves, eye sockets, dental implants to produce prosthetics. Recently many pharmaceutical researchers have been working hard towards the use of 3D printing to manufacture a customized pharmaceutical drug product. 3D printing could add a whole new aspect of possibilities to personalized medicine. A doctor or a pharmacist would be able to modulate the medication as per individual patient’s need. 3D printing may also allow single pills to have a combination of drugs to treat multiple ailments. The development of 3D printing process in the field of pharmacy is only in its infancy but, Medical fraternity and scientists have started to understand the futuristic opportunities of 3D printing for the healthcare arena. 3D printing could lead to interesting new possibilities such as different dosage regimes, advantages of customization, patient compliance, pulsate and controlled release profiles, personalized drug regime, better patient compliance, and many other.

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