What if: drugs are printed from the internet?

Jun 21, 2016

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in foil strips are arranged on a table in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013. Picture taken September 18.

Image: REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

Rebecca Ivey

Head of Global Collaboration Village, World Economic Forum

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Pharmacists and drug dealers alike might fear for their livelihoods thanks to recent advances like 3D printed medicine and the synthesis of opiates from yeast. What if patients (or hackers) download drugs directly from the internet?

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