Polymeric drug delivery systems by additive manufacturing

• DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.03.022
• Publication Date: 2021-04-06T01:36:36Z
• Authors: Sedigheh Borandeh; Bas van Bochove; Arun Teotia; Jukka Seppälä
• Keywords: 3D-printing; Polymers; personalized medicine; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 3. Good health; Drug Delivery Systems; drug delivery; Printing, Three-Dimensional; Humans; controlled release; 0405 other agricultural sciences; additive manufacturing; polymers

Additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining interests in drug delivery applications, offering innovative opportunities for the design and development of systems with complex geometry programmed controlled release profile. In addition, polymer-based can improve safety, efficacy, patient compliance, are key materials AM. Therefore, combining AM polymers be beneficial to overcome existing limitations systems. Considering these advantages, here we focusing on recent developments field polymeric prepared by This review provides a comprehensive overview holistic polymer–AM perspective discussion materials, properties, fabrication techniques mechanisms used achieve system. The current challenges future perspectives personalized medicine clinical use also briefly discussed.