The Astraveus team is a reflection of the projects it is working on: Divers, innovative, multidisciplinary. Technicians, engineers, biologists, pharmacists, software developers... each discipline is playing an essential role in the development of our solution. All Astraveus employees have one thing in common: The passion for their work and the desire to learn as much as possible about the work of others. Not a day goes by without the opportunity to learn something new.
ASTRAVEUS
Overview
Employee breakdown
Admin & BD
10%
Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs
10%
Biology
14%
Microtechnology & Foundry
40%
Instrument & Software
25%
Microtechnology & Foundry
The Microtech team works on the development and integration of cutting-edge technologies that are revolutionizing the way medicines are produced at microfluidic scale. At the heart of their work lies a miniaturized engineering marvel: the microfluidic bioprocessor. This bioprocessor is designed to control every step of the drug manufacturing process with unrivalled precision. The team also designs the single-use components that complement this technology. The objective of the Foundry team is to design, validate and implement an automated industrial manufacturing line dedicated to manufacture microtechnologies complying with the demanding quality and regulatory criteria of pharmaceutical industry.
“Since the beginning of the Lakhesys™ project, it's as if we've gone from a cell phone to a smartphone in just a few years, whereas the existing solutions on the market are landline phones.”
Vita, Head of Microtech
Instrument & Software
The Instrument and Software teams work together on the Lakhesys™ platform, which brings microfluidic processes to life. The Instrument team develops the hardware part of the benchtop cell factory. This team’s aim is to translate research into innovative and robust product solutions. This involves a combination of multiple technical disciplines: mechanics, thermics, fluidics, electronics and optics. The Software team works on the operating software of the benchtop cell factory, with the aim of automating complex tasks while offering efficient process execution as well as analysis and visualization of production data. To achieve this, the team draws on proven and newly developed technologies, combining robust programming languages and cloud-based tools.
“Astraveus is an innovative project that has a real chance of having a beneficial impact on society, which brings together a multidisciplinary, highly committed and very dynamic team.”
Vincent, Head of Instrument
Biology
The Biology team develops cell therapy applications using microfluidic chips integrated into the Lakhesys™ platform. Composed of passionate scientists and researchers, this team’s aim is to demonstrate the production of cell therapies such as CAR-T cells by using the Lakhesys™ benchtop cell factory. The team works closely with the other R&D teams to optimize bioproduction processes by exploring innovative approaches.
“Every day, we're lucky to be able to work with people whose technical and scientific skills are very different from our own, and who complement each other greatly.”
Giulia, Head of Biology
QARA
The objective of the QARA team is to guarantee the success of the future industrialization and international commercialization of the Lakhesys™ benchtop cell factory. Working closely with R&D, the QARA team supports the development of our products by ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and applicable standards as part of the established design control framework.
Admin & BD
The Finance & Admin team oversees all our legal, paralegal and financial processes. It plays a vital role in relation with public bodies and investors. The People team contributes to maintaining a strong corporate culture while supporting growth. It develops a stimulating and caring HR framework, capable of bringing the team to its full potential. The aim of the Business team is to develop and implement a customer-centric launch and portfolio strategy. This team owns the translation of customer needs into product development objectives and is responsible to align our value proposition with the expectations of our future clients, thereby providing guidance to the R&D team with respect to product design and delivery.
“We face two major challenges in the months ahead. The first is to complete the development of our technology platform to execute our experimental protocols. The second is to achieve product-market fit.”
Etienne, CTO
“Our goal is to manufacture these innovative drugs not only for a few thousand patients a year, but for hundreds of thousands of patients, or even millions of patients by 2030-2035, while limiting production costs and environmental impact.”
Jérémie, CEO