Research using 3D printers is entering its next phase. Research is being carried out into how tablets can be produced in the future using 3D printing. Here the starting substances for the medicines are mixed and melted in a pharmaceutical melt extruder and processed into filaments. The filaments can then be melted a second time in the 3D printer and printed.

https://www.medica.de/de/News/Archiv/Arzneimittel_aus_dem_3D-Drucker

https://www.pharmatechnik-online.com/tabletten-aus-dem-3d-drucker/