Upcoming Events
3D Printing for Performance Sports
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
Bioprinting Organoids
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
Microfabrication
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
Bioprinting Vasculatures
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak or sponsor event: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
3D Printing in Hospitals
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
3D Scanning
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
Point of Care 3D Printing
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak or sponsor event: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
Artificial Intelligence for Segmentation
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak or sponsor event: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
3D Printing for Veterinary Medicine
Check back soon for precise event timing! Apply to speak or sponsor event: info@3dheals.com Subscribe here to receive event emails.
The Latest...
Interview with Dr. Fabien Guillemot: CEO/Founder Poietis
Dr. Fabien Guillemot is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur, CEO, and Founder of Poietis, whose mission is to develop and market the Next-Gen Bioprinting platform to bring Tissue Engineering...
2021 Investing Trends to Pitch3D Startups
In 2021, 3DHEALS helped eleven early-stage startups in healthcare 3D printing, bioprinting, adjacent 3D technology space with raising seed to series A rounds through the Pitch3D program. Pitch3D is...
Prof. Colin McGuckin: 3D Bioprinting Model for Skin, CTIBIOTECH
Colin McGuckin was the UKâs first Full Professor of Regenerative Medicine, before Founding CTIBIOTECH to create not only organ-based models for drug screening and efficacy testing, but also to...
Twelve Viral Healthcare 3D Printing Instagram Posts in 2021 We Shared
While the power of 3D printing lies far beyond the visual awe from the geometric lattices, unique mixtures of organic and synthetic curvatures, many of us were drawn to the technology often because...
Designing 3D Printed Medical Devices
If you had a thousand dollars ten years ago, would you invest in a 3D printing company like 3D Systems (DDD) or Align Technology (ALGN)? (Figure 1) Obviously, one can draw conclusions based on...
Healthcare 3D Printing Mergers and Acquisitions: 2021 Review
The M&A and IPO markets have been flourishing for the last two years. Part of this increased activity is due to an overall market tailwind as a result of pandemic financial markets, stellar...
Expert's Corner
2021 Investing Trends to Pitch3D Startups
In 2021, 3DHEALS helped eleven early-stage startups in healthcare 3D printing, bioprinting, adjacent 3D technology space with raising seed to series A rounds through the Pitch3D program. Pitch3D is a fundraising platform facing selected institutional investors so that founders can save time on fundraising and focus more on creating values in their startups. This program does not charge the startup nor the investor any fee through the process, aiming entirely at the mission to accelerate innovation in the space. Since the pandemic in 2020, the selection and pitch process has been completely virtual. While our program only captures a small percentage of early-stage companies, at a glimpse, it seems the most active areas of innovations include: 3D printed orthotics and prosthetics, 3D bioprinting, dental 3D printing, machine learning /artificial intelligence, AR/VR. This observation could be very well related to the overall technological undercurrent, which we will expand on below. This blog aims to summarize the investment trend we observed in 2021 and list individual startups that pitched through our program. Founding and growing an early-stage company are arduous endeavors even for serial entrepreneurs. With emerging technology like 3D printing, many startups have first-time founders, who have nonetheless demonstrated incredible creativity, resilience, and agility. We want to give them some shoutouts and kudos at the beginning of this exciting new year.
Designing 3D Printed Medical Devices
If you had a thousand dollars ten years ago, would you invest in a 3D printing company like 3D Systems (DDD) or Align Technology (ALGN)? (Figure 1) Obviously, one can draw conclusions based on retrospective data shown below, but one could also argue that 3D printing is still an emerging technology and that as an industry its growth potential could outpace that of a specific medtech company. Both arguments are sound. History does not necessarily predict the future, and this blog does not aim to give investment advice. However, the story of a brilliant technology company looking for the killer app to thrive is an all-too-frequent rerun in the entrepreneur world, 3D printing or otherwise. There are a lot of cool things we can make, but only a handful of ideas can break through to change the industrial landscape, fate, and humanity. I am an outsider to the additive manufacturing industry, an end user and provider in healthcare, and it is my opinion that 3D printing needs the healthcare industry, and not the other way around. At least not yet. During our recent virtual mini conference focusing on âDesign for 3D Printed Medical Devicesâ, Jade Myers (Rochester Institute of Technology, Visiting Scientist/Adjunct Faculty, Rochester, NY) and Nicholas Jacobson (Translational Research Faculty- CU Anschutz, CEO-MIX Surgical Technologies) provided design insights of 3D printed medical devices they were working on used in dramatically different environments. This article aims to summarize some takeaways from this conference.Â
Healthcare 3D Printing Mergers and Acquisitions: 2021 Review
The M&A and IPO markets have been flourishing for the last two years. Part of this increased activity is due to an overall market tailwind as a result of pandemic financial markets, stellar earning reports, and overall speculative and growth-bullish investor mentality. However, one advantage of the high valuation of companies in the public market is the increased financial power to make bigger moves to scale, accelerate, and redefine a more ambitious growth goal. This article reviews some of the major mergers and acquisitions in 2021 in the healthcare 3D printing industry and illuminates some of the potential driving forces behind these activities. This article does not aim to provide any investment advice, and if you find this list to be incomplete or inaccurate please feel free to email the author at: info@3dheals.com
3D Printed Drugs - Guide
With advancements in 3D printing technology, material, and formulation developments, There is a definite increase in the number of research publications [Figure 1] and startups in the space. The intrinsic advantages of additive manufacturing include mass customization and complexity for free are empowering pharmaceutical professions in creating innovative solutions. According to one report, âThe potential market for other 3D printed drugs (moderate growth scenario) is estimated to be $278 million in 2020, and would reach $522 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 6.5% from 2020 to 2030.â Spritam by Aprecia, a seizure medication with a quick-release profile, remains to be the only FDA-approved 3D printed medication in 2015, but more newcomers are successfully challenging the regulatory barriers. For example, very recently, Chinese startup Triastek has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its first 3D printed drug product, T19, a medication for rheumatoid arthritis. Upcoming European/UK regulatory update on point of care 3D printing may potentially enable widespread adoption of 3D printing in extemporaneously compounded medications per Anna Worsley from FabRx in a recent 3DHEALS conference focusing on the same subject.
Financial Analysis Worksheets (Downloadable) for 3D Printing in Hospitals - Guide 5/5
In the previous section of this guide, we went in-depth about the financial issues surrounding 3D printing in hospitals, which includes discussions on reimbursement, revenue strategies, and cost analysis for 3D printing in hospitals. In this final section of this guide, we created a sample financial analysis spreadsheet, which you can use as a basic framework to construct a financial plan for setting up a 3D printing service (Link). (29,30) The following is a discussion of two hypothetical scenarios to demonstrate how this spreadsheet works. Please be aware that the values used could vary widely and should not be used as reference numbers. For example, the construction of a dedicated area for a 3D printer is highly variable depending on the hospital, geography, type of machine, regulatory requirements, etc. Also, the pricing of machines, tools, and materials has also changed significantly as 3D printing is an ever-changing landscape that experienced exponential growth since the publication of the original book. While we update these guides regularly to reflect such changes, the numbers should be used as hypothetical, and not literal, values.
3D Printing Bioelectronics: A Guide
IoT, smart devices, embedded electronics, wearables are just some of the latest trending keywords on social media, responding to a newer generation of consumersâ demand for both mass customization (i.e. affordable) and personalization (typically more expensive). Several market analyses reported that the global 3D printed electronics market is expected to have a CAGR of as much as 40% during the period of 2021-2028. Now living with the pandemic supply chain crisis that trend does not seem to slow down anytime soon. A decentralized manufacturing process that heavily utilizes digital processes is the intuitive logical step. A quick search in Pubmed demonstrates that research publications related to â3d printed bioelectronicsâ correspond to this market demand. [Figure 1] In this guide, we aim to outline the major enabling technologies, current applications, research activities, and groups, as well as entrepreneurial activities focusing on 3D printing bioelectronics. Some of this content is based on our mini-conference titled â3D Printed Bioelectronicsâ. While most of the work and commercial activities still surround research and development, we firmly believe the field of bioelectronics will be a significant disruptive force in future healthcare. That said, it is also wise to remember that it is still unknown how important a role 3D printing will play in the field. Outline of this Guide*: What is bioelectronics? What are some of the major applications of bioelectronics? How were electronics made in the past? Why do we need to 3D print bioelectronics? What are some of the challenges in 3D printing bioelectronics? What are the latest advancements in 3D printed bioelectronics?
Join Now
Don't miss upcoming events, job listing, special reports, funding opportunities.