NASA-backed digital model could revolutionize how drugs work in space

Researchers have created a virtual astronaut simulator that predicts how medications behave in microgravity—a critical gap as space agencies plan longer missions. The tool could accelerate drug approvals for astronauts, inform pharmaceutical development for space tourism, and reveal how weightlessness alters drug effectiveness in ways Earth-based testing cannot capture.

Originaltitel: VASTX: Virtual Astronaut Simulator for Therapeutics and Exploration: A Digital Twin Physiological-Based Pharmacokinetics (PBPK) Model for Space Pharmacy