Background
Drug research is a wide area of research that covers many different aspects from: Testing different parameters, Generating different dosage formulations e.g. as aerosols, microneedles pills, or testing new drugs in a high-throughput manner.
Challenges
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Finding the right drug composition can be tedious, as it requires testing multiple parameters to formulate the right composition
- Different conditions may need to be tested and combined, since drugs can be solved in different solvents
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Small structures often need to be generated or coated e.g. microneedles, test arrays.
Your Advantages of Using Microdispensing
- Ultra-low volume handling enables precise dispensing onto substrates of any type.
- Microdispensing supports a wide range of liquids—from highly viscous to aqueous.
- Using a gantry printing system, coating of microneedles and 3D printing of structures is possible.
Example Applications of Microdispening in Drug Research
- Manufacturing of particles
- 3D printing of pills
- Coating of microneedles
- Designing high-throughput assays
