Draper

Draper is a U.S.-based nonprofit research, development, and manufacturing company best known for advanced engineering in defense, space, and biotechnology systems. In healthcare and life sciences, it develops microphysiological system platforms for disease modeling and drug development, bioprocessing technologies for cellular therapies, diagnostics and biosecurity tools, and therapeutic medical devices. Its flagship health-related platform is the PREDICT96 tissue chip system, which is used to model human physiology, disease, and drug responses, including immune-cell recirculation and infectious disease applications. Draper is also advancing the LEAP pediatric heart valve, a growth-adaptive heart valve that has shown preclinical feasibility for infants and young children. The organization primarily operates as a nonprofit applied R&D and technology commercialization partner rather than a traditional therapeutics company.