A curated network of partners ready to support your research in space.
THE WORKING GROUP
This directory showcases the companies and startups that enable pharmaceutical research in space.
Here, Earth-based pharma teams can discover trusted partners, platforms, and technologies to bring their R&D into orbit.
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Orbital infrastrucutre
Orbital Crystals Therapeutics
Type: Start Up
Focus area: Protein Crystallization & Structure-Based Drug Design
Space research:
Develops therapeutic protein crystallization experiments in microgravity to obtain larger, more stable, and more orderly crystals, useful for understanding in detail the binding with small molecules and antibodies.
Impact on Earth (sector/specialization):
Oncology and autoimmune diseases – design of more selective drugs with fewer side effects thanks to higher resolution crystallographic structures.
Spacestem therapeutics
Type: Biotech company
Focus area: Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
Space research:
Studies the behavior of mesenchymal and neural stem cells in microgravity to understand how they differentiate, proliferate, and age in extreme conditions.
Impact on Earth (sector/specialization):
Neurodegeneration and orthopedics – new strategies to slow cell degeneration and develop more effective cell therapies.
Fedegari
Type: process equipment manufacture
Focus area: sterilization & biodecontamination
Space research:
support various stakeholders with their need to sterilize their goods or to work in any environment free of viable contamination.
Impact on Earth (sector/specialization):
Develop integrated solutions for manufacturing and packaging sterile medicinal products
Join us today!
If you are a pharmaceutical or biotech company looking to understand how space can accelerate research, development, and innovation — this is the right place to begin.
The Working Group gives you simple, guided, and low-risk access to the world of microgravity and to the companies already developing advanced solutions in orbit.