Biopharma & Biomaterials
Microgravity changes how biological materials grow and crystallize. That can make space useful for producing drugs or tissue-based products that are difficult to manufacture consistently on Earth. This category tracks companies turning that scientific advantage into commercial biomanufacturing.
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- Auxilium Biotechnologies
Auxilium Biotechnologies develops bioprinted implantable medical devices for peripheral nerve repair and is also using microgravity to manufacture tissues and medical products in space.
- BioOrbit
BioOrbit builds hardware and a microgravity crystallisation platform for making complex biologic drugs in space so they can be reformulated for easier use on Earth.
- Helogen
Helogen builds autonomous factories and spacecraft for manufacturing biomaterials and biologics in microgravity.
- LambdaVision
LambdaVision develops a protein based artificial retina and uses microgravity manufacturing to improve how that biomaterial is produced.
- Varda Space Industries
Varda builds orbital manufacturing and reentry systems that process materials in microgravity and bring them back to Earth, with a focus on pharmaceutical applications.
- Zero Gravity Works
Zero Gravity Works is building a platform to crystallize small molecule drugs in orbit and deliver the material back to pharmaceutical partners.