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Machine Makes Prescription Drugs On Demand™ Technological advance ...

Machine Makes Prescription Drugs ‘On Demand’ Technological advance produced thousands of doses a day; could be used on battlefields, during epidemics, scientists say Scientists have created a compact machine that can churn out thousands of doses of prescription medicationin a day -- putting the capabilities of a drug-manufacturing plant into a device the size of a kitchen refrigerator.Experts said the advance could eventually allow on-the-spot drug production in special circumstances -- on the battlefield, during epidemics, after natural disasters, or in cases where a drug is needed for a rare medical condition, for instance. The research, detailed in the April 1 issue of Science, took a new approach to producing prescription drugs -- which, right now, is often an inefficient, time-consuming process. Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used so-called.