The End of an Era: Vivodyne Ignites Drug Discovery Revolution, Ditches Failing Animal Tests

For decades, a staggering 95% of drugs acing animal tests have tragically failed in human trials⁵.
Vivodyne is spearheading a revolution, replacing outdated animal models with thousands of AI-powered, lab-grown human organ tissues^{1, 7}.
With a fresh $40 million in funding, Vivodyne is scaling this breakthrough to deliver safer, more effective medicines, faster⁵.

The biopharmaceutical world has long grappled with a grim reality: countless cures celebrated in animal labs crumble when faced with human biology, a heartbreaking 95% failure rate that has stalled progress for decades⁵. But a new dawn is breaking. Vivodyne, founded by Dr. Andrei Georgescu and Dr. Dan Huh, is boldly rewriting the rules of drug discovery^{1, 7}. They're not just tweaking the old system; they're building a new one from the ground up, powered by robotics, artificial intelligence, and lab-grown, fully functional human tissues that mirror our own complex biology^{1, 3, 5}.

"A model that is only predictive 5% of the time isn’t a model," declares Dr. Georgescu, Vivodyne’s CEO. "We’re redefining success."⁵

Fueled by a $40 million Series A investment led by Khosla Ventures, Vivodyne is launching a sprawling 23,000-square-foot robotic laboratory in South San Francisco⁵. This facility will dramatically expand their capacity to test therapies on over 20 distinct human tissue types—from bone marrow to liver and lung—replicating diseases like cancer and autoimmunity⁵. This isn't just about avoiding animal suffering; it's about getting life-saving drugs to patients by generating unprecedented, human-relevant data before costly clinical trials. As the FDA and NIH signal a move away from less predictive animal models, Vivodyne is leading the charge, offering pharma giants the human-specific insights they've desperately needed^{5, 8}. The age of failed promises is ending; the era of human-first drug discovery has begun.

The End of an Era: Vivodyne Ignites Drug Discovery Revolution, Ditches Failing Animal Tests

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