Driving Scientific Discovery Through Sustainability
Small organic molecules form the backbone of specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. However, the Key Starting Materials (KSMs) required for their synthesis are still predominantly sourced from fossil fuels—especially petroleum—leading to significant direct and indirect environmental impact.
Nature offers abundant opportunities to transition toward sustainable alternatives. By leveraging natural biochemical pathways, KSMs can be produced through biomanufacturing using microbial systems such as bacteria and yeast, as well as biocatalytic processes.
We focus on replacing petroleum-derived starting materials with renewable, bio-based feedstocks sourced and derived from:
• Agriculture
• Aquaculture by-products
• Seaweed and microalgae biomass
• Microbes
These selected raw materials are sustainable, environmentally friendly, and ideally suited to support the growing needs of industrial-scale biomanufacturing. Through this approach, we aim to enable cleaner, greener, and more responsible chemical and pharmaceutical innovation.