Company · Healthtech & Bio

AzureBio

·Madrid ·Seed

AzureBio (AzureBio S.L.) was a Madrid-based (Tres Cantos) biotech company founded in 2007 that provided drug and vaccine formulation/stabilisation services to the pharma and biotech industries and developed medical devices, including a biodegradable solid-needle system for percutaneous vaccine and drug administration. The company raised roughly $1.67M from institutional investors but entered voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in 2017 and is now formally dissolved ("extinguida").

Founded

2007

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SectorsHealthtech & Bio, Medical Devices, Drug Delivery, Biotechnology Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › R&D tools & software for life sciences

Profile updated 30 Jul 2026

Founders

Arcadio García de Castro Andrews

Founder & CEO

Global models 5

Corium International

United States · www.coriumintl.com ↗

Venture-backed transdermal/microneedle drug delivery and formulation company, the closest analogue to AzureBio's stabilisation-and-delivery technology model before being acquired for ~$504M.

$235MComparable

Vaxxas

Australia · www.vaxxas.com ↗

Develops needle-free, high-density microarray patch technology for vaccine delivery, matching AzureBio's needle-free/solid-needle drug and vaccine administration platform.

$154MComparable

Zosano Pharma

United States · www.zosanopharma.com ↗

Built a proprietary transdermal microneedle patch system for systemic drug delivery, directly comparable to AzureBio's medical-device delivery technology.

$147MComparable

Vaxess Technologies

United States · www.vaxess.com ↗

Develops thermostable, needle-free vaccine and drug patches, matching AzureBio's core focus on drug/vaccine stabilisation and needle-free delivery.

$100MComparable

Micron Biomedical

United States · micronbiomedical.com ↗

Spin-out microneedle patch company for vaccine and drug delivery, a smaller-scale comparable to AzureBio's stabilisation and delivery-device business.

$16MComparable

Investors 3

Clave Mayor

www.clavemayor.com

Investor Spain

FIT Inversión en Talento

www.fitalent.es/index.php ↗

Investor Spain

Geiser Pharma

www.geiserpharma.com ↗

Investor Spain

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

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