▁treatment ▁of ▁ep ile ps y . ▁ ▁Add itive ▁Man ufact uring ▁has ▁been ▁increasing ly ▁util ized ▁by ▁scient ists ▁in ▁the ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁field . ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁F DA ▁appro val ▁of ▁a ▁ 3 D ▁printed ▁form ulation , ▁scientific ▁interest ▁for ▁ 3 D ▁applications ▁in ▁drug ▁delivery ▁grew ▁even ▁bigger . ▁Research ▁groups ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁are ▁studying ▁different ▁ways ▁of ▁incorpor ating ▁dru gs ▁within ▁a ▁ 3 D ▁printed ▁form ulation . ▁ 3 D ▁printing ▁technology ▁allows ▁scient ists ▁to ▁develop ▁form ulations ▁with ▁a ▁personal ized ▁approach , ▁i . e . ▁dos age ▁forms ▁tail ored ▁specifically ▁to ▁an ▁individual ▁patient . ▁Moreover , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁advantages ▁of ▁the ▁diverse ▁util ized ▁techniques , ▁form ulations ▁with ▁various ▁properties ▁can ▁be ▁achieved . ▁These ▁may ▁contain ▁multiple ▁dru gs ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁dos age ▁form , ▁multi - com partment al ▁designs , ▁drug ▁delivery ▁systems ▁with ▁distinct ▁release ▁characteristics ▁, etc . ▁ ▁Indust rial ▁applications ▁ ▁App arel ▁▁▁ 3 D ▁printing ▁has ▁entered ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁cl othing ▁with ▁fashion ▁design ers ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁ 3 D - print ed ▁b ik in is , ▁sho es , ▁and ▁dress es . ▁In ▁commercial ▁production ▁N ike ▁used ▁ 3 D ▁printing ▁to ▁prototype ▁and ▁manufact ure ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁V apor ▁Las er ▁Tal on ▁football ▁sh oe ▁for ▁players ▁of ▁American ▁football , ▁and ▁New ▁Bal