Bold Names

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


Listen Later

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.


What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected]


Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter.


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 


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Bold NamesBy The Wall Street Journal

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

1,410 ratings


More shows like Bold Names

View all
Marketplace Tech by Marketplace

Marketplace Tech

1,271 Listeners

WSJ Tech News Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Tech News Briefing

1,646 Listeners

WSJ What’s News by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ What’s News

4,328 Listeners

WSJ Your Money Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Your Money Briefing

1,714 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,640 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,651 Listeners

Bloomberg Businessweek by Bloomberg

Bloomberg Businessweek

430 Listeners

Masters in Business by Bloomberg

Masters in Business

2,156 Listeners

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch by Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

2,813 Listeners

WSJ Minute Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Minute Briefing

663 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,510 Listeners

Wall Street Breakfast by Seeking Alpha

Wall Street Breakfast

1,021 Listeners

Thoughts on the Market by Morgan Stanley

Thoughts on the Market

1,279 Listeners

The Journal. by The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

The Journal.

5,950 Listeners

Barron's Streetwise by Barron's

Barron's Streetwise

1,543 Listeners

Bad Bets by The Wall Street Journal

Bad Bets

1,322 Listeners

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression by Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

594 Listeners

As We Work by The Wall Street Journal

As We Work

151 Listeners

WSJ's Take On the Week by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ's Take On the Week

127 Listeners