Additive Manufacturing in Pharmaceuticals

This book presents the different 3D/4D printing technological applications of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The initial chapter provides the historical perspective and current scenario of AM in pharmaceuticals. The book further discusses about different 3D printing platform technologies such as FDM, SLA, SLS, SSE, Ink-jet & binder jet principles & applications in developing advanced drug delivery systems. It also covers the methodology, materials for AM and important parameters associated with these platform technologies. The book highlights the progress and practical applications of 4D-printing technology in healthcare & pharmaceuticals fraternity as well including the essence of bioprinting in pharmaceuticals. Finally, the book reviews the regulatory guidelines, perspectives, and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine learning (ML) in pharmaceutical AM. This book is indeed a valuable resource for students, researchers/scholars, young start-ups/entrepreneurs, and pharmaceutical professionals by providing thorough detailing about AM in Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Subham Banerjee, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India. He is also a visiting staff faculty of the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. In addition, he is also serving as a coordinator cum co-principal investigator of the ‘National Centre of Pharmacoengineering (State-of-the-art-facility)’’ funded under the Drugs Pharmaceuticals Research Programme (DPRP), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Min. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. He also served as an Assistant Professor in the same department at NIPER, Guwahati. His research area focuses on Pharmacoengineering including Pharmaceutical additive manufacturing (AM), Drug Delivery Engineering and cutting-edge translational pharmaceutical research.

He is the recipient of several prestigious National and International competitive awards, notably, Gandhian YoungTechnological Innovation (GYTI) Award-2017 from Rashtrapati Bhawan (President Secretariat), New Delhi, India, Innovators Under-35 (2017) from MIT Technology Review, USA, NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar (2020), Prayagraj, India, etc. He also bagged the first prize in 2020 for BIRAC-BRTC Mapping the Change makers of the Northeast Region of India and many other prestigious recognitions, including several extra-mural research funds from various funding bodies in Govt. of India.

He had more than 9.05 years of teaching and research experience. He possesses 03 granted Indian patents, 02 granted Indian design patents, a 3D printed technology derived product transferred to Industry, 09 International book chapters, and has published more than 90 research articles in peer-reviewed National/International journals.

He is an active member/associate/fellow of the leading learned scientific society of India & Overseas as well. He is a “Member of the National Academy of Sciences (MNASc.)”, Prayagraj, India, "Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc)", Bengaluru, India, "Associates of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (AAScT)", Kolkata, India, "Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)", United Kingdom (UK), "Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (FICS)", India and "Executive Committee Members Controlled Release Society-Indian Local Chapter (CRS-IC)", Mumbai, India.