$5K Vitae Industries AutoCompounder can 3D print personalized drugs in 10 minutes
“The AutoCompounder 3D printer from Rhode Island startup Vitae Industries is one way in which taking and making drugs could be about to get much easier. The company’s new machine, which measures around 600 x 600 x 600 mm, is able to print pills and gummies in around one-third of the time and effort it takes to fill capsules by hand, which means pharmacies can serve more patients in less time and provide those patients with a simplified prescription.
But the creators of the AutoCompounder have bigger plans for their pharmaceutical 3D printer. They think that, with a technology that can fabricate pills with personalized medicines and dosages, pharmacists will be able to print “poly-pills,” combining several medications in a single pill to make drug taking much simpler for patients…”
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