Analyzing the Impact of 3D Printing on the Pharmaceutical Sector

This report explores the potential impact of 3D printing on the pharmaceutical industry, highlighting its disruptive capabilities in drug manufacturing, personalized medicine, and low-volume production. It discusses the advantages of 3D-printed tablets, the challenges of entering the field, and the importance of identifying processes for improvement and economic viability. The report also addresses regulatory and ethical concerns, including the impact on intellectual property rights and the cost of personalized treatments. Furthermore, it examines how 3D printing can lead to distributed drug manufacturing, making medicines more affordable and accessible. The conclusion emphasizes the potential for human improvement through technologies like 3D bio-printing, while also raising concerns about its potential military applications and the need for effective regulation.

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The potential impact of 3D printing on the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Research...............................................................................................................................3
Brainstorming......................................................................................................................3
Regulation and ethics...........................................................................................................4
Disruption............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6
Bibliography........................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The study covers the potential impact of 3D printing on the Pharmaceutical Industry. In
addition, the ways that the technology may change or disrupt the particular industry. Regulation
as well as ethics regarding the topic is discussed, whereas the process of disruption where a
process has been identified is discussed in the paper.
Research
3D printing has the possibility to be highly disruptive technology when it is applied to the
process of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Moreover, it enables the process of production of
getting effective dose formats and the technology has an important role to be played in the
industry that moves towards low-volume production as well as personalized medicine (Norman
et al. 2017). The design of tablets are becomes restricted to relatively small number of the
shapes, which are easily achievable and get more attention in the particular with several
researches that investigates kinetic properties of the particular shape, which are difficult to the
process of manufacturing. 3D printed pyramid-shaped tablets are the examples of that. It helps
obtaining popularity as the format for the fast acting remedies as it can release the procedure.
Use of the cookies can provide with the online experience. There are versatility printers utilized
for providing few drug creators that makes first pharmaceutical organization.
Brainstorming
3D printing is transformative specific industries so that it has been adopted in the pharma
sector. There are several barriers entering for 3D printing in the particular field. It includes
identification of the procedure that will be helpful to improve the process and consists of the
process that helps to develop business properly (Gross et al. 2014). On the other hand, it is

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important for the organization to develop the process that can link the entire process with the
help of managing procure as well as economically viable. The printers as well as links needed for
3D printing of pills are not readily available. On the other hand, 3D printed pills are generally
researched where it is important to make some opportunities with the technology. It is used for
complementing the existing techniques in manufacturing.
There are faster evaluation process of new drugs is important for the organization to set
up new process that uses the conventional change in the process. On the other hand, it is
important to develop new formula that can be helpful for drug delivery (Schubert et al. 2014). 3D
printing allows disintegrating the process rapidly and make the process easier to take. For
multiple diseases, the research is important to undertake and make the process easier. It is
important for the organizations for printed process and developing effective procedure. On the
other hand, it is important to make some differences and make the process easier.
The CAD files borders are effectively not detected and complicates the process within the
process that infringes IP rights. On the other hand, the physical goods can infringe IP rights that
can be seized through customs (Alhnan et al. 2016). Physical goods can infringe IP rights and
complicates the procedure of enforcement of the IP rights. 3D printing has an impact on
pharmaceutical as well as life sciences industries. On the other hand, the rise of 3D printing has
possibility in order to bring the manufacturing closer to people.
Regulation and ethics
The impact of the selected technology has assistance and offer to the staffs of super
markets. There are several factors that are the major constraints and make the possible impact on
the factors in order to get success.

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LAW: 3d printing technologies have proper potential in order to enhance medical
treatments for the conditions that have ranges from the cancer as well as arthritis to glaucoma as
well as loss of hearing. In addition, it allows the orthopedic surgeons for printing artificial bone
from scan of patient (Trenfield et al. 2018). 3D printing technologies are used with the
advancement in the cell research for printing the living bone cells from the own cells as well as
functioning organs to the transplant. The technology can enable the doctors tailoring specific
treatments to the individual patients as well as developing the process of treatment, which works
for the patients with proper condition.
One of the major concerns regarding development of personalized medicine is the cost of
treatments. It advances in the procedure of medicine that makes personalized devices. A second
ethical concern is important for the organizations where it includes new treatment of 3D printing
where testing is important for generating effective process as clinical treatment.
Disruption
A 3D printer bind the particles of powered form regarding the use of miniscule quantities
of liquid and resulting in tablet that is porous as well as dissolves the process inconvenience. It is
also important to develop effective criteria that finds the process of making dosage
customization. There are various factors preventing widespread process of deployment of
innovation. In addition, it is important to develop IP for the procedure that can be helpful to
make the process complicated and enforcement of IP rights (Awad et al. 2018). The existing
portfolio is important for encompassing the traditional manufacturing technique and make
inventive steps so that consideration is effectively met. The pharma organizations need to act the
process of evaluating if 3D printing can add proper value to business and make specific sector

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that can get down the procedure. Distributed drug manufacturing can bring production as well as
costs of logistics in order to develop medicines affordable as well as available to the patients.
Conclusion
Human improvement is the technology where it is required to develop the process of
replacement organs as well as bones. For instance, it is required to consider the process of
replacement that could be helpful for the organization to improve the process. In addition, 3D bio
printing improvement of the human capacities could be related to military regarding the use of
process and the type of arms race. It is also important to generate effective process that could be
helpful to gain competitive benefits.

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