Hesperos Inc. ^Partner

Hesperos Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Orlando, Florida, founded in 2015 by Dr. Michael L. Shuler and Dr. James J. Hickman. The company specializes in preclinical drug testing using its proprietary Human-on-a-Chip® platform. With a team of approximately 35 employees, Hesperos focuses on accelerating drug discovery by modeling human physiological responses in vitro.

Hesperos offers customizable multi-organ systems that can connect up to five organs or tissues for evaluating drug efficacy, safety, and toxicity. Their platform features real-time monitoring of various biological activities and non-invasive tracking of organ-specific responses. The company also recreates human disease models for conditions affecting the neurological, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems, and assesses combination therapies and off-target effects across organ systems. Hesperos is committed to ethical drug development, aiming to reduce animal testing and enhance the predictability of clinical trials.