The first 3D-printed medication is officially on the US market with Aprecia’s announcement that its anti-sizure Spritam is available to patients. Aprecia is able to 3D print batches of the formula in such a way as to yield an instantly dissoluble tablet. With just a small amount of water, Spirtam can be taken by patients that might otherwise have difficulty swallowing a pill, Spirtam is 3D printed using Aprecia’s ZipDose technology using powderbed inkjet process licensed from ZCorp, now a part of 3D Systems. CEO of Apercia, Don Wetherhold, said, “Spritam is designed to transform what it is like to take epilepsy medication, and is the first in a line of products we are developing to provide patients and their caregivers with additional treatment options.”

——The article is from INSIDE 3D PRINTING