Three-dimensional printing in pharmaceutics: Promises and problems

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3666-3690

  Yu, Deng Guang ^a   Zhu, Li Min ^a   Branford White, Christopher J ^b   Yang, Xiang Liang ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Drug delivery systems devices; Pharmaceutics; Solid dosage forms; Three dimensional printing

Indexed keywords

17 DIACETYLNORGESTIMATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CYCLODEXTRIN; DICLOFENAC; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; EXCIPIENT; HORMONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIPOSOME; NARCOTIC AGENT; NORGESTIMATE; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMER; PROTEIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RUBITECAN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLON; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POWDER; REVIEW; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

EID: 53549102208     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21284     Document Type: Article

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