Harnessing personalized tailored medicines to digital-based data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals

Area of Science:

• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Drug Delivery Systems
• Personalized Medicine

Background:

• Conventional dosage forms struggle to meet personalized medicine needs due to limited dosage strength flexibility.
• Inappropriate dosing can cause adverse drug reactions or reduce therapeutic efficacy, especially for drugs with narrow therapeutic windows.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce and conceptualize data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEP) as a novel approach for personalized solid oral dosage forms.
• To address the challenges of tailoring drug products for individual patient requirements.

Main Methods:

• Conceptualizing DEEP as solid oral products with individualized doses.
• Embedding patient-specific information and dosage within quick response (QR) codes.
• Utilizing edible ink containing tailored drug doses for printing QR codes.

Main Results:

• DEEP provide a flexible platform for personalized drug delivery.
• QR codes on edible products can convey individualized dosage and information.
• The concept allows for precise drug administration tailored to patient needs.

Conclusions:

• DEEP represent a novel strategy to overcome limitations in personalized medicine dosage forms.
• This approach enhances patient safety and therapeutic outcomes by ensuring accurate dosing.
• The integration of data and tailored doses in edible products offers a promising future for pharmaceutical design.