- FDA Clears First 3D-Printed Drug (Spritam [Levetiracetam]) (medscape.com)Aprecia Preps to 3D Print Medicine with New Facility (video) (3dprintingindustry.com)
Food and Drug Administration has approved the first three-dimensional printed oral drug product, Spritam (levetiracetam), from Aprecia Pharmaceuticals,…indicated as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures, myoclonic seizures, and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children with epilepsy…was developed with Aprecia's proprietary ZipDose technology, which uses three-dimensional printing to create a porous formulation...that disintegrates rapidly...