The village of Eyam, 1665.
When the plague arrived in the small English village of Eyam — carried, it's said, in a bolt of cloth from London — the villagers faced a choice. They could flee, and spread the disease across the region. Or they could stay.
Led by their rector, they chose to seal themselves off — quarantining the entire village to keep the plague from reaching their neighbors. Hundreds inside Eyam died. But the surrounding towns were spared.
Founded in 2020 and built on the Gemini platform invented at the University of British Columbia, Eyam Health exists to solve the problem that decides whether a medicine ever reaches the people who need it: delivery. We are advancing a new generation of genetic medicines designed to work from a single, room-temperature injection — so durable, affordable treatment can travel far beyond the walls of a major hospital.
Eyam was selected for and graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab — the world's leading program for science- and technology-based ventures.
