Additive manufacturing which is commonly referred as 3 D printing is getting popular due to its marvellous concept of creating physical objects from geometrical representation by, layer by layer fabrication of additive material and turn blueprints on computer into physical objects by the help of CAD (Computer aided design) model. This innovation has widely used in the field of healthcare, agriculture, automotive, food and aerospace industries. This revolutionary printing technology has already entered in pharmaceutical research world, and holds the power to print drugs, tissues, organs and bones. This technology is offering customized medicines, by production of a variety of dosage forms in different shapes and size, use of many active pharmaceutical ingredients and controlled release profiles. This paper provides an overview of the creation of pharmaceutical dosage forms using 3D printing technology, as well as its performance and application.