In this case reformulated fails to describe what's really going on. They synthesized a crystal polymorph of Ritonavir that forms much better in microgravity than it does on earth. This polymorph was discovered only just recently, and by Varda's Chief Science Officer, Radocea. Ritonavir was originally targeted at treating HIV patients but it failed in the marketplace. Although it worked well in smaller trials it ended up not being effective at scale, most likely because polymorph's 1/2 are not as effective. This alone is a significant medical discovery. This form was also codiscovered with another research group and they published the paper together: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/ch... That's not to say that first 2 forms are worthless though, Ritonavir is one of the two antiviral ingredients in Paxlovid, which is used to rapidly treat early covid. But this 3rd form is way better at killing viruses, it's just harder to make in Gravity.

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