AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Clean Water & Sanitation, Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
3d printing, Medical Drugs, pharmacy, personalisation, healthcare
COUNTRY
Switzerland
DESIGNED BY
Mathilde Lafaille as student at ECAL
WEBSITE
https://www.ecal-diplomes.ch/en/work/MA-DP/5128/Mathilde-Lafaille
The prints
Pharmacy 4.0., a conceptual exploration of personalized drug design and production with 3D printers
Only 30 to 60% of people respond perfectly to industrial dosages of tablets. Recently, pharmacists have proven that it is possible to produce personalized tablets with high dosing accuracy by additive manufacturing. In the future, tablets ("printed") may be produced at your local pharmacy. A software generates their forms using your personal data of clinical needs (dosage, release profile, number of active substances), then are produced by 3D printing. Each print is custom made and unique. Welcome to Pharmacy 4.0.