Modular design principle based on compartmental drug delivery systems q

Georgios K. Eleftheriadis, Natalja Genina, Johan Boetker, Jukka Rantanen*

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Abstract

The current manufacturing solutions for oral solid dosage forms are fundamentally based on technologies from the 19th century. This approach is well suited for mass production of one-size-fits-all products; however, it does not allow for a straight-forward personalization and mass customization of the pharmaceutical end-product. In order to provide better therapies to the patients, a need for innovative manufacturing concepts and product design principles has been rising. Additive manufacturing opens up a possibility for compartmentalization of drug products, including design of spatially separated multidrug and functional excipient compartments. This compartmentalized solution can be further expanded to modular design thinking. Modular design is referring to combination of building blocks containing a given amount of drug compound(s) and related functional excipients into a larger final product. Implementation of modular design principles is paving the way for implementing the emerging personalization potential within health sciences by designing compartmental and reactive product structures that can be manufactured based on the individual needs of each patient. This review will introduce the existing compartmentalized product design principles and discuss the integration of these into edible electronics allowing for innovative control of drug release. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113921
JournalAdvanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Volume178
Number of pages15
ISSN0169-409X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • 3D printing
  • Compartmental systems
  • Modular systems
  • Drug delivery
  • Smart medications
  • Ingestible electronics
  • Digital reconstruction
  • Intellectual property
  • ORODISPERSIBLE FILMS
  • PRINTED PHARMACEUTICALS
  • COMBINATION THERAPY
  • INNOVATIVE APPROACH
  • ORAL DELIVERY
  • DOSAGE FORMS
  • RELEASE
  • TABLETS
  • EXTRUSION
  • ACCEPTABILITY

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