The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) in Kaunas is presenting a pharmaceutical 3D printer on Thursday.
This already operational piece of equipment is the first of its kind in Europe and one of the first in the world, the university said in a press statement.
The new device allows to produce personalised, patient-specific medicines, increasing the effectiveness of medicines by combining several substances in a single tablet and reducing side effect, the university said.
The university has been actively working on this innovation for several years, but until now, most of the 3D printers on the market have not been validated, since they were not specifically designed to produce drugs, only retrofitted for that purpose, the LSMU said.
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