The Journal of Space Commerce

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Pharmaceutical Drug Experiments Returned to Earth

Drug Crystals Grown in Space in Redwire PIL-BOX

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Tom Patton
Nov 07, 2024
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The third batch of pharmaceutical drug crystals grown in space have been successfully returned to Earth. The returned samples include crystals being studied by Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) using Redwire’s PIL-BOX platform. Lilly researchers are using this experiment to potentially accelerate the discovery of novel medicines to treat chronic diseases.

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