US 3D printer can make personalized drugs

The AutoCompounder 3D printer, created by a startup called Vitae Industries, can print pharmaceutical pills and gummies in a third of the time that it takes for a pharmacist to fill a capsule by hand. 

The AutoCompounder will even be able to print complex “poly-pills,” which combine multiple medications into a single pill.

The printer reportedly takes just 10 minutes to create its customized pills, and requires nothing more the pharmacist operating it to enter the drug and required dose, and then wait for the pills to be fabricated. The machine will also clean itself between printings, Digital Trends reported.