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Varda Lands First Major Pharma Partnership for Microgravity Drug Work

Varda Space Industries has signed an agreement with United Therapeutics to explore new drug formulations in microgravity, giving the space manufacturing company its first major pharmaceutical collaboration.

Key Takeaways

Varda signed its first major pharmaceutical agreement with United Therapeutics.
The collaboration will study novel drug formulations in microgravity, starting with rare pulmonary disease treatments.

DT Editorial Team·May 13, 2026·via spacenews.com

Varda’s pharma deal tests whether drugmaking in orbit can become a real business

Varda Space Industries has signed a collaboration with United Therapeutics to explore whether microgravity can improve the stability and delivery of treatments for rare lung disease.

Key Takeaways

Varda signed a collaboration with United Therapeutics to study drug development in microgravity.
The deal is notable because it uses private corporate capital rather than NASA subsidy.

DT Editorial Team·May 13, 2026·via arstechnica.com

Study Finds Simulated Microgravity Can Disrupt Key Steps in Fertilization

New lab work suggests microgravity may interfere with how sperm locate and fertilize eggs, raising fresh questions about human reproduction during long-duration space missions.

Key Takeaways

Researchers simulated microgravity to study how sperm from humans, pigs, and mice behaves during fertilization-related processes.
Human sperm remained able to swim but showed altered navigation, a problem the study said could be addressed with progesterone cues.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via universetoday.com

Atmos Space Cargo Raises $30 Million to Turn Orbital Return Into a European Commercial Service

Atmos Space Cargo has raised 25.7 million euros to fund three Phoenix 2 missions and develop a larger spacecraft, advancing Europe’s push to build routine commercial return capability from orbit.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 25, 2026·via spacenews.com

Health

Scientists working with stem-cell-derived heart tissue say microgravity can both accelerate heart-like decline and help grow more complex cardiac structures, potentially speeding studies of heart failure and repair.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 25, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

Health

A new experiment using a tiny plastic obstacle course suggests sperm may struggle to navigate during sex in weightlessness, adding another complication to long-term life beyond Earth.

DT Editorial Team·Mar 30, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

#microgravity

Varda Lands First Major Pharma Partnership for Microgravity Drug Work

Varda’s pharma deal tests whether drugmaking in orbit can become a real business

Study Finds Simulated Microgravity Can Disrupt Key Steps in Fertilization

Atmos Space Cargo Raises $30 Million to Turn Orbital Return Into a European Commercial Service

Varda Lands First Major Pharma Partnership for Microgravity Drug Work

Varda’s pharma deal tests whether drugmaking in orbit can become a real business

Study Finds Simulated Microgravity Can Disrupt Key Steps in Fertilization

Atmos Space Cargo Raises $30 Million to Turn Orbital Return Into a European Commercial Service

Why Researchers Are Taking Heart Tissue Into Space

Space Reproduction Research Keeps Finding New Friction, Literally