Since 2019, there’s been a spike in the number of children younger than 4 who were taken to the emergency room for ingesting gummy multivitamins and over-the-counter sleep aids like melatonin. That’s why the FDA convened a meeting of experts on October 30 to discuss what, exactly, makes a drug “candy-like.”

Our co-founder and CSO Prof. Xiaoling Li was invited to the workshop on October 30 and shared insights from the perspective of 3DP pharmaceuticals.

Source: FDA website https://lnkd.in/eZEG6BGd

MED 3D printing process has numerous advantages in pharmaceutical applications, and the concept of "by design" is incorporated throughout process of drug design, development, and production. It allows for structural design both externally and internally, enabling control over factors such as timing, quantity, and location, thus meeting personalized requirements. Additionally, 3D printing could be used in pharmaceutical industry extensively, including drug delivery with special pharmacokinetic profiles, clinical research sample supply, challenging dosage form development, continuous production, on-demand manufacturing, and personalized drug administration.
Highly digitalized applications of 3D printing above can also be used to develop and produce candy-like drug products.
Prof. Li discussed more about the definition of candy-like drug product, the distinctions between that and candy, as well as of its manufacturing challenges with Danae Christodoulou, Natalia Davydova, Jeff Worthington, Swapan De in the penal “Formulation Considerations for Solid Oral Candy-Like Dosage Forms”.

Source: FDA website https://lnkd.in/eZEG6BGd

About Triastek

Triastek is a global leader in 3D printing pharmaceuticals, pioneering the next generation of digital pharmaceutical processes.

Founded in July 2015, Triastek is dedicated to the mission of "revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry, unlocking the next generation of medicine and benefitting patients worldwide." We have created the Melt Extrusion Deposition (MED^®) 3D printing pharmaceutical process, transforming the delivery, development, and production of medication through digital product development and continuous manufacturing.

Leveraging our proprietary 3D printing pharmaceutical technology, we design and develop transformative medicines for patients. Through collaboration with global pharmaceutical companies, we tackle challenging formulation problems, accelerating the development of new drug products and improving the quality of pharmaceuticals.

Our vision is to become the world's most influential intelligent pharmaceutical enterprise.