Dow AgroSciences Receives Regulatory Approval for Plant-Made Vaccine
Dow AgroSciences Receives Regulatory Approval for Plant-Made Vaccine
Dow AgroSciences LLC (Indianapolis, IN, www.dowagro.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI, www.dow.com), has received regulatory approval for a plant-cell-culture-derived vaccine from the US Department of Agriculture Center for Veterinary Biologics.
The vaccine is produced from the “DowAgroSciences Concert Plant-Cell-Produced System” that uses plant cells instead of whole plants in a biocontained environment to produce vaccines. With the approval, Dow AgroSciences says that it can focus its efforts on developing vaccines for animal health and that using this technology for human vaccines is a possibility.
Drug Solutions Podcast: A Closer Look at mRNA in Oncology and Vaccines
April 30th 2024In this episode fo the Drug Solutions Podcast, etherna’s vice-president of Technology and Innovation, Stefaan De Koker, discusses the merits and challenges of using mRNA as the foundation for therapeutics in oncology as well as for vaccines.
