Antheia, Inc.
Ending drug shortages with advanced biosynthesis
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2016
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- antheia.bio
- Total Funding
- $1.6M
About
Antheia, Inc. is a next-generation pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer using synthetic biology and advanced biosynthesis to produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Key Starting Materials (KSMs) for essential medicines. Founded by Stanford synthetic biology pioneer Dr. Christina Smolke, Antheia engineers yeast to reconstruct complex plant biosynthetic pathways—converting simple sugars into high-value pharmaceutical compounds at commercial scale via fermentation. The company has a pipeline of 70+ biosynthetic KSMs and APIs and achieved commercial-scale shipment of thebaine for use in Narcan (naloxone) production, addressing critical drug shortage vulnerabilities in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain.
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