Panther Life Sciences Brings SmartMAPs to Hot Metal Campus
We’re pleased to welcome Panther Life Sciences to Hot Metal Campus. Panther is engineering solutions for skin health by “unlocking the tremendous biological powers of our skin.”
Panther is developing smart microarray patches (SmartMAPS) designed to treat various skin and systemic health conditions (e.g., allergies, metabolic disorders). SmartMAPs blend high-precision product delivery into the skin with AI-based technology to provide data-driven insights that improve patient outcomes and inform future treatment development.
A Pittsburgh-centered company, Panther obtained a Pitt comprehensive licensing agreement and launched commercial operations in 2023. Since that time, the Panther team has completed a proof of scalable manufacturing at BioForge, obtained intellectual property rights for the MAP platform, and completed their first human safety study.
The move of Panther’s team of scientists and engineers to Hot Metal Labs on the Hot Metal Campus to expand their laboratory operations signals the next step for Panther to modernize skin care and bring shelf-stable treatments directly to customers, including their goal of bringing their first clinically proven product to market in 2027.
Whether in the hallway or at events, please extend a smile, wave, and welcome to this innovative team at Hot Metal Campus!