Pinpoint Pharma has developed a printer that makes precise doses using a tracking mechanism to record how many drops of medicine are dispensed in each dose and the volume of each drop, in real time. “We can make about one dose every second, or even faster,” Giridhar said. While it can take more than an hour to produce a batch of 100 to 300 capsules, Pinpoint Pharma’s printer cuts the total time per patient to 10 minutes, including cleanup, and is flexible on the product form suited to the individual pet. Giridhar said Pinpoint Pharma’s medicine printer has two advantages over other methods used to make customized drug products: it is faster and more precise. “Our medicine printer allows veterinarians to be very precise in serving an animal as an individual rather than as the average of a population.” “When a pet has a specific requirement as determined by their vet, we can dispense the exact amounts and ratios of active ingredients needed for a pill, in a form and flavor that the specific pet will love,” Giridhar said.įor pets, the one-size-fits-all method doesn’t always work. (Purdue Research Foundation image/Oren Darling) Pinpoint Pharma has created a device similar to an inkjet printer that can precisely dispense pharmaceuticals to meet a growing need for customized medication for pets. The goal was to create a device like an inkjet printer that could precisely dispense pharmaceuticals to meet a growing need for customized medication for pets instead of a one-size-fits-all approach generally taken. Pinpoint Pharma is a precision compounding pharmacy for veterinarians, ensuring that the medicine tailored to each individual animal’s needs is easier for pet owners to give and for pets to take, which optimizes clinical outcomes.Īrun Giridhar, Pinpoint Pharma’s chief executive officer, and three faculty members of Purdue’s Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Davidson School of Chemical Engineering founded Pinpoint Pharma two years ago, and have been joined recently by Angela Demaree, a nationally known veterinarian, who received her DVM from Purdue. 5-7 at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Conference in San Francisco. The company is among three startups receiving assistance from the Purdue Foundry and eight startups from Indiana that will be featured Sept. Pinpoint Pharma has created a printer that is faster than traditional methods of making customized medicine.

– A startup is using Purdue University-patented technology to produce precise, customized medicine for pets. Pinpoint Pharma has created a printer that is faster than traditional methods of making customized medicine that is tailored to each individual animal’s needs. Arun Giridhar is one of the co-founders of Pinpoint Pharma, a precision compounding pharmacy for veterinarians.

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