Addressing the Drug Shortage Crisis: Transforming Pharma Supply Chains

Drug shortages in the U.S. have become an urgent issue over the last few years. So much so that in 2020, the Administration issued an Executive Order for the U.S. FDA to establish an Essential Medicines List of critical drugs that are deemed medically necessary, with the ultimate goal of identifying ways to protect and […]
Leveraging Synthetic Biology for Resilient Pharma Supply Chains and Accessible Medicines

Antheia was founded in 2015 by Dr. Christina Smolke, CEO and Dr. Kristy Hawkins, CSO and is based in Menlo Park, California. Antheia’s co-founders are pioneers in the fields of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering and are applying these technologies to transform pharmaceutical supply chains in order to better support the needs of 21st century healthcare.
Advancing the U.S. Bioeconomy and Building Resilient Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

We continue to see the U.S. government setting policy priorities that underscore the importance of both building a robust American bioeconomy and strengthening domestic pharmaceutical supply chains – two core pillars of Antheia’s business and technology.
Fixing essential medicine shortages: obstacles and opportunities

Global health experts and governing bodies agree that everyone has a right to access the medicines they need. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting drug shortages have underscored the critical need to protect this right…
Transforming Medicinal Supply Chains

Obtaining compounds from nature, such as opioids from poppies or taxol from yew trees, is hard and time-consuming. So researchers, including Stanford’s Christina Smolke, PhD, are working to synthesize medically useful compounds by reengineering nature…