Pharmaceutical manufacturing is closely linked to mass production.
In order for medicines to be sold cheaply, they often have to be made in huge amounts.
But what happens if you need adrugin a different dose than whats being sold?
Or a different ingredient in the mix than whats on offer?
But now Helsinki startupCurifyLabsis automating the process by bringing 3D drug printing to hospitals and veterinary facilities.
CurifyLabs was founded last year and has since raised 3.5M in seed funding.
With an ethos of Medicine-as-a-Service, the company 3D prints drugs.
Whats more, the process reduces the opportunity for error in compounding.
All drugs maintain pharma-grade material quality, composition, and shelf life and theres also less material wastage.
From inkjet to 3D printing
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Founder Niklas Sandler Topelius is a former professor in pharmaceutical technology at Akademi University.
The results were promising, and the idea of 3D printing drugs took off.
And to be clear, this is no Breaking Bad, ragtag organization.
This is a startup with serious scientific cred.
These function as a highly effective way to bring products to market that solve complex, real-world problems.
And CurifyLabs is one of them although theres still a long way to go.
The hope is that these small beginnings can have a huge knock-on effect.
If its initial work is successful, Curifylabs could change how we treat illness.
In the future, medicine may treat you as an individual.
Youll be able to get drugs tailored precisely to your body.
And that could remodel the world ofhealth.
Story byCate Lawrence
Cate Lawrence is an Australian tech journo living in Berlin.
