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Organovo Holdings renames to VivoSim Labs, emerges from stealth to target FDA animal testing phase-out
VivoSim Labs, INC.
- Effective April 24, 2025, Organovo Holdings changed its name to VivoSim Labs, Inc. with new ticker symbol VIVS on Nasdaq.
- In conjunction with the name change, VivoSim issued a press release announcing emergence from stealth mode to provide NAM models for liver and intestinal toxicology.
- The FDA announced on April 10, 2025 a plan to phase out animal testing requirements, representing a potential >$10B market opportunity for VivoSim's non-animal technologies.
- VivoSim’s NAMkind liver model achieved industry-best correlation with known clinical failures, aiming to reduce clinical trial failures and cut drug development costs by 50%.
- The company's NAMkind intestine models offer novel readouts for drug candidate selection, targeting reduction of patient side effects from chemotherapy.