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AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Corporation
AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Announces Breakthrough in the Development of Recombinant Alpha 1-Antitrypsin
March 21st, 2008
AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced that the Company has successfully expressed a humanized version of the therapeutic protein alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT). AlphaMed scientists expressed their recombinant AAT utilizing the Company's proprietary production system in yeast. The yeast has been genetically altered to produce a molecule "virtually identical" to that which is manufactured by the human body. "This marks a major milestone for this company and AAT research," stated Joseph McGuirl, AlphaMed's CEO, "AlphaMed is the first company to develop an AAT molecule with glycosylation that resembles the human protein that is naturally secreted from the liver. The...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-03-21)
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