3D/4D Printing of Bioadhesive Pharmaceutical Systems

This book features a brief history of additive manufacturing and 3D/4D printers, as well as its advantages, applications, and overall challenges facing the technology. Throughout the book the focus shifts to its applications in bioadhesive systems for drug delivery.

Marcos Luciano Bruschi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the State University of Maringa (UEM), Parana, Brazil. Dr. Bruschi joined the university in 1998 as Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and became Associate Professor in 2014. He was awarded the degree of Doctor in Pharmaceutical Sciences from School of Pharmacy, University of Sao Paulo (USP), with a period as research fellow at Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland, UK. In 2014, he returned to QUB to complete a period of post-doctoral studies in School of Pharmacy. His current research focuses on the development of drug delivery systems using different strategies to modify and control the drug delivery, including nanotechnology and the development of advanced thermoresponsive bioadhesive platforms, micro/nanostructured particles, 3D printing, natural products, and photodynamic therapy. He is the coordinator of the Laboratory of Research and Development of Drug Delivery Systems (LABSLiF) at the State University of Maringa.

Denise Tiemi Uchida is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences working on the development of bioadhesive drug delivery systems by 3D printing in the Laboratory of Research and Development of Drug Delivery Systems (LABSLiF) at the State University of Maringa, Brazil.

Mariana Carla de Oliveira is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences working on the development of controlled drug delivery systems in the Laboratory of Research and Development of Drug Delivery Systems (LABSLiF) at the State University of Maringa, Brazil.