3D Printing Could Undermine Fight Against Fake Drugs, Study Finds

Credit: Seizure of pill press (© DEA).

A paper published by researchers at Ulster University, the University of Central Lancashire, and Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, warns that prohibitions on the sale of pill presses and die punches, designed to restrict the production of counterfeit medicines, may be undermined by new technologies like 3D printing.