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Biopharming Innovators
Ventria Bioscience is a biopharming company based in Sacramento, California and Greenville, North Carolina that mainly specializes in medicine made from rice crop that help children with diarrhea attacks.
Prodigene Inc. is a biopharming company based in College Station, Texas that specializes in medicine produced by corn. They were one of the first companies to produce transgenic crops but in 2002, they were shut down due to cross contamination by the USDA.
Epicyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharming company based in San Diego, California with licensed patents from Scripps Research Institute where they find new methods in producing human antibodies with corn.
SemBioSys Genetics. is a biopharming company based in Calgary, Alberta Canada that specializes in Safflower to help treat diabetes. Their treatment is call Biosimilar Insulin.
Large Scale Biology Corp. is a biopharming company based in Vacaville California founded in 1987 that unfortunately went out of business. They created Interferon alpha 2a and 2b; Alpha-galactosidase A for treatment of Fabry disease; and Lysosomal acid lipase for the treatment of Wolman disease and cholesterol ester storage disorder and reduction of plaque in arteries.
Meristem Therapeutics S.A. is a biopharming company based in Clermont- Ferrand, France founded in 1997 that specializes in tobacco and corn crops. Their treatment Merispase have been known to lipid malabsorption resulting in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency that affects cystic fibrosis patients, as well as other pancreatic pathologies patients.
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