JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced that it has formed a new entity, SpaceMD, which will focus on growing seed crystals in orbit that will be used on Earth to create new and reformulated pharmaceuticals. SpaceMD will take advantage of the unique microgravity environment in space through the use of Redwire’s innovative and flight-proven Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory (PIL-BOX) technol
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