On-Demand Continuous-Production Of Pharmaceuticals Via Desktop Machine
On-demand continuous-flow production of pharmaceuticals in a compact, reconfigurable system | Science
Researchers have developed a refrigerator-sized machine that could synthesize drugs — one by one and as they are needed—thousands of doses per day of a variety of pharmaceuticals.
Adamo et al. now present an apparatus roughly the size of a household refrigerator that can synthesize and purify pharmaceuticals under continuous-flow conditions.
The integrated set of modules can produce hundreds to thousands of accumulated doses in a day, delivered in aqueous solution.
So far, the team has made generic versions of Benadryl (an antihistamine), Prozac (antidepressant), Valium (antianxiety), and lidocaine (anesthetic). The machine currently only produces liquid drugs but researchers say 3-D printing could someday allow pills to be made, as well.
[This is the first version! Recall the first computer took up a whole room.]
On-demand continuous-flow production of pharmaceuticals in a compact, reconfigurable system | Science
Researchers have developed a refrigerator-sized machine that could synthesize drugs — one by one and as they are needed—thousands of doses per day of a variety of pharmaceuticals.
Adamo et al. now present an apparatus roughly the size of a household refrigerator that can synthesize and purify pharmaceuticals under continuous-flow conditions.
The integrated set of modules can produce hundreds to thousands of accumulated doses in a day, delivered in aqueous solution.
So far, the team has made generic versions of Benadryl (an antihistamine), Prozac (antidepressant), Valium (antianxiety), and lidocaine (anesthetic). The machine currently only produces liquid drugs but researchers say 3-D printing could someday allow pills to be made, as well.
[This is the first version! Recall the first computer took up a whole room.]
