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Personalised pills printed with custom release profiles

26-May-2016

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Different clinical circumstances call for different types of timed release of drugs.

National University of Singapore have designed a fabrication process where drug is contained within a polymer that is shaped to determine the rate of release.

Can include multiple drugs within same tablet each with its own release profile.

Uses commercially available 3D printer.

Assistant Professor Soh: “This new tablet fabrication method is a game changer – it is technically simple, relatively inexpensive and versatile.”

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National University of Singapore (NUS)

Asia’s leading university with a global approach in education, research and service

Soh Siow Ling

Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore.

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Precision Medicine