East Anglian Daily Times
·Aug 2026
Could 3-D printing be the future of medicine?
Pharmaceutical 3D printing could enable personalized drug doses, multi-drug polypills, and wound dressings tailored to individual patients, potentially reducing side effects, medication waste, and pill burdens for children and older adults. University of Suffolk researcher Dr Georgina Marsh says the technology is unlikely to replace mass manufacturing but could be valuable for rare diseases and other niche applications. Wider adoption remains constrained by cost, regulatory requirements, and the need for continuous quality monitoring, although it may become more common over the next 20 to 30 years.