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A space firm sends drugs to orbit to grow novel crystals

development2026-05-14

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Varda announced a collaboration with United Therapeutics to send small-molecule drugs to low orbit to grow novel crystals in microgravity for rare pulmonary disease, with its president predicting 195 of the next 200 products manufactured in space will be pharmaceuticals.

Reported metric: 195 of 200

Reporting date: 2026-05-14 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 14, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A space firm sends drugs to orbit to grow novel crystals
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Reporting date: 2026-05-14
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-14-drugs-crystallized-in-microgravity
Claim: Varda announced a collaboration with United Therapeutics to send small-molecule drugs to low orbit to grow novel crystals in microgravity for rare pulmonary disease, with its president predicting 195 of the next 200 products manufactured in space will be pharmaceuticals.
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- Welcome to May 14, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-14-2026
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