Bold Names

The New Pharma Frontier: Could Drugs Made in Space Help You Live Longer?


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In the future, the drugs helping you live healthier, happier and longer may have components manufactured in space. In this conversation with WSJ’s Danny Lewis from the Future of Everything Festival in May, Eric Lasker, an executive at Varda Space Industries, and Sita Sonty, former CEO of Space Tango, discuss the advantages and limitations of space manufacturing and how it can benefit pharmaceutical development.


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Further reading:

Is Space the Next Manufacturing Frontier? 

Varda Hopes New Research Draws More Drugmakers to Space Factories 

How Research in Space Helps Doctors Treat People on Earth 

Space Manufacturing: Building an Economy Beyond Earth 


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