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Eli Lilly

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Eli Lilly is a pharmaceutical company that has recently ventured into space-based research, partnering with companies like Redwire to explore drug manufacturing in microgravity. They are conducting experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) using Redwire's PIL-BOX platform to study the crystallization of pharmaceuticals, with the goal of improving drug discovery and development for diseases like diabetes and other chronic conditions. These experiments aim to leverage the unique microgravity environment to grow more uniform crystals, potentially leading to more effective treatments. Eli Lilly collaborates with organizations like Redwire, NASA, and the ISS National Lab to advance its space-based pharmaceutical research.

commercialFounded 1876
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
www.lilly.com/
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Ken Savin spent two decades at Eli Lilly.

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Redwire supports partners including Aspera Biomedicines, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, ExesaLibero Pharma, Purdue University, and Butler University.

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The returned samples include crystals being studied by Eli Lilly and Company using Redwire’s PIL-BOX platform.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Nov 6, 2024Redwire Successfully Returns Third Batch of Pharmaceutical Drug Experiments to Earth

Redwire and Eli Lilly launched a research investigation in November 2023 that demonstrated insulin crystals grown in microgravity are larger and more ordered than those grown on Earth.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 6, 2024Redwire Successfully Returns Third Batch of Pharmaceutical Drug Experiments to Earth

Redwire partnered with Eli Lilly and Company for a second spaceflight investigation that launched in March 2024.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 8, 2024Redwire Pioneering Biopharma Production in Space by Successfully Bioprinting Live Human Heart Tissue and Delivering Second Batch of PIL-BOX Pharmaceutical Crystal Experiments

Redwire’s PIL-BOX investigations with Eli Lilly and Butler University aim to produce results that could lead to improved therapeutics to treat an array of conditions.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.0Mar 20, 2024Next ISS mission will carry vision loss treatments + Earth-viewing tech research projects

Redwire Corporation is partnering with Eli Lilly and Company and Butler University for two investigations using Redwire’s Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX).

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 20, 2024Next ISS mission will carry vision loss treatments + Earth-viewing tech research projects

Redwire is partnering with Eli Lilly and Company on a second spaceflight mission using the PIL-BOX pharmaceutical in-space laboratory.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.2Mar 12, 2024Redwire Partners with Eli Lilly and Company on Second Spaceflight Mission to Conduct Additional Research on Chronic Diseases Following Successful Results

Eli Lilly & Company conducted research and development on the International Space Station in 2023.

GeneralValue 2.0Dec 22, 2023Key Milestones Accomplished by the ISS National Laboratory in 2023

Redwire Corporation is partnering with Eli Lilly & Company to test the Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory through a series of experiments aimed at improving drug discovery and development.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Dec 22, 2023Key Milestones Accomplished by the ISS National Laboratory in 2023

Eli Lilly and Company is partnering with Redwire on the PIL-BOX-01 mission to conduct three experiments focused on developing treatments for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and pain.

RelationshipsGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 30, 2023Redwire Announces First Spaceflight Mission for New Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical Drug Development Lab, Partnering with Eli Lilly and Company to Expand Space Research to Study Heart Disease and Diabetes
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