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Water-Based 3D Inkjet Printing of an Oral Pharmaceutical Dosage Form

Cader, Hatim K.; Rance, Graham A.; Alexander, Morgan R.; Gonçalves, Andrea D.; Roberts, Clive J.; Tuck, Chris J.; Wildman, Ricky D.

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Authors

Hatim K. Cader

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GRAHAM RANCE Graham.Rance@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow

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MORGAN ALEXANDER MORGAN.ALEXANDER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Biomedical Surfaces

Andrea D. Gonçalves

Chris J. Tuck

RICKY WILDMAN RICKY.WILDMAN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Multiphase Flow and Mechanics



Abstract

Inkjet printing is a form of additive manufacturing where liquid droplets are selectively deposited onto a substrate followed by solidification. The process provides significant potential advantages for producing solid oral dosage forms or tablets, including a reduction in the number of manufacturing steps as well as the ability to tailor a unique dosage regime to an individual patient. This study utilises solvent inkjet printing to print tablets through the use of a Fujifilm Dimatix printer. Using polyvinylpyrrolidone and thiamine hydrochloride (a model excipient and drug, respectively), a water-based ink formulation was developed to exhibit reliable and effective jetting properties. Tablets were printed on polyethylene terephthalate films where solvent evaporation in the ambient environment was the solidification mechanism. The tablets were shown to contain a drug loading commensurate with the composition of the ink, in its preferred polymorphic phase of a non-stoichiometric hydrate distributed homogenously. The printed tablets displayed rapid drug release. This paper illustrates solvent inkjet printing’s ability to print entire free-standing tablets without an edible substrate being part of the tablet and the use of additional printing methods. Common problems with solvent-based inkjet printing, such as the use toxic solvents, are avoided. The strategy developed here for tablet manufacturing from a suitable ink is general and provides a framework for the formulation for any drug that is soluble in water.

Citation

Cader, H. K., Rance, G. A., Alexander, M. R., Gonçalves, A. D., Roberts, C. J., Tuck, C. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2019). Water-Based 3D Inkjet Printing of an Oral Pharmaceutical Dosage Form. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 564, 359-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.04.026

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 8, 2019
Online Publication Date Apr 9, 2019
Publication Date Jun 10, 2019
Deposit Date Apr 10, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Print ISSN 0378-5173
Electronic ISSN 1873-3476
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 564
Pages 359-368
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.04.026
Keywords Pharmaceutical Science
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1776377
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517319302881

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