Abstract
The number of research papers about the 3D printing of medicine has increased rapidly in the last five years after the approval of tablets manufactured with 3D printers in the United States, and research is being conducted from various aspects around the world. In this review, we explain the basics of 3D printers in relation to the research on manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Since many model researches on pharmaceuticals that take advantage of the characteristics of 3D printers have been published, we have picked up recent articles and explained about them. On-demand manufacturing, hospital preparation, pediatric formulations, composite tablets & controlled drug release, and research on fusion of technologies from different fields were mentioned and introduced as topics.
