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Top 10 Space Medicine startups
Updated: April 19, 2024 |
These startups are developing medical solutions to address the physiological changes that astronauts experience in space, such as bone density loss, muscle atrophy, and cardiovascular issues and finding new ways to use space environment to produce new medicines.
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Country: USA | Funding: $270M
Orbital Therapeutics aims to enhance global health by unleashing the full potential of RNA-based medicines to treat human disease in ways that were not previously possible. It's also developing tools to treat medical conditions astronauts could suffer in space
Orbital Therapeutics aims to enhance global health by unleashing the full potential of RNA-based medicines to treat human disease in ways that were not previously possible. It's also developing tools to treat medical conditions astronauts could suffer in space
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Country: USA | Funding: $141M
Varda is a space manufacturing startup that focuses on creating products and drugs in space for terrestrial applications.
Varda is a space manufacturing startup that focuses on creating products and drugs in space for terrestrial applications.
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Country: USA | Funding: $40.8M
XRHealth is a medical device company that develops XR (VR/AR) telemedicine platform. It also developed headset to withstand the conditions of space by using a simulator mode and specialized tracking methodology through the controllers to ensure effective operation in a microgravity environment.
XRHealth is a medical device company that develops XR (VR/AR) telemedicine platform. It also developed headset to withstand the conditions of space by using a simulator mode and specialized tracking methodology through the controllers to ensure effective operation in a microgravity environment.
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Country: USA | Funding: $17.2M
Level Ex explores medical simulations for astronauts and building tools that show how low gravity affects the human body, and how medical issues can be addressed during spaceflight.
Level Ex explores medical simulations for astronauts and building tools that show how low gravity affects the human body, and how medical issues can be addressed during spaceflight.
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Country: USA | Funding: $156K
Ejenta is an intelligent personal assistant platform focused on several industry verticals, including space, government, and healthcare.
Ejenta is an intelligent personal assistant platform focused on several industry verticals, including space, government, and healthcare.
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Country: Australia
Flight Medicine Systems Pty provides highly specialised aviation medicine training, research, consultancy and accident investigation services to the global aviation industry. We specialise in enhancing human performance in the flight environment.
Flight Medicine Systems Pty provides highly specialised aviation medicine training, research, consultancy and accident investigation services to the global aviation industry. We specialise in enhancing human performance in the flight environment.
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Country: Canada
MarsWear Intelligent apparel for digital health and wellness, XR/gaming and defence
MarsWear Intelligent apparel for digital health and wellness, XR/gaming and defence
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Country: Austria
AMST specializes in manufacturing flight simulations, aircrew training and aeromedical applications.
AMST specializes in manufacturing flight simulations, aircrew training and aeromedical applications.
9
Country: South Korea
Boryung contributes to Care In Space (CIS) project, which will determine its future fate with differentiated strategies.
Boryung contributes to Care In Space (CIS) project, which will determine its future fate with differentiated strategies.
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Country: Netherlands
SpaceBorn United is a research/ bio-tech company that researches and enables the conditions for diferent stages of human reproduction in space. After validation missions with animal models, eventually also human babies will be conceived in space, for the first time in history. Enabled by our research roadmap and our space missions program.
SpaceBorn United is a research/ bio-tech company that researches and enables the conditions for diferent stages of human reproduction in space. After validation missions with animal models, eventually also human babies will be conceived in space, for the first time in history. Enabled by our research roadmap and our space missions program.
See also:
Top 10 Space Startups
Top 10 Space Startups
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Country: Switzerland
Nova Space Biotechnology delivers the most comprehensive advice and technical service to scientists involved in space life sciences.
Nova Space Biotechnology delivers the most comprehensive advice and technical service to scientists involved in space life sciences.
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Country: USA
Intuitive Machines offers engineering solutions at the unimagined intersections between energy, medicine, and aerospace.
Intuitive Machines offers engineering solutions at the unimagined intersections between energy, medicine, and aerospace.