The revolutionary bioprinter offers the pharmaceutical industry an opportunity to potentially disrupt the standard by which new drugs are developed by providing better safety and efficacy solutions with its 3D functional human tissue. Preclinical models would be more accurately embodied by printed 3D human tissue rather than cells in a Petri dish or animal systems. The company has taken a step towards validating these 3D human tissues for the drug development process by partnering with ZenBio, a leading provider of advanced cell-based solutions and services. For its contributions to the discovery process, Organovo would receive future rewards, in royalty payments. This has already been established in the company's current partnership with United Therapeutics (UTHR).

If 3D human tissues can replace the traditional standards by which drugs are developed in preclinical trials, Organovo would be taking a cut out of every approved drug that the pharma industry or academia bring to the market. This lucrative model would provide ONVO with unbelievably high margin royalty stream and minimal costs of production. Instead of production costs, the company would be allocating its expenses towards R&D and employee salaries, both of which offer some sort of return to the business. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) estimates its members spent approximately $50 billion in 2011 in discovering and developing new medicines. It is evident that the largest pharmas are willing to spend billions to get a drug into the market. If ONVO can assist in increasing the success rate of approvals with its platform, royalties will be a trivial price that pharmas are prepared pay.