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. 2009 Jun 30;27(6):811–832. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.06.004

Table 2.

List of the products in phase II, I or pre-clinical trials.

Product name Company/institute name Plant system Reference/URL
Human serum albumin (HSA) Chlologen Inc. Tobacco Currently technology is with Dow AgroSciences
38C13 (scFv) Large Scale Biology Corp. Tobacco http://www.lsbc.coma
RhinoX™ Planet Biotechnology Inc. Tobacco http://www.planetbiotechnology.com/
Alpha inteferon 2b Biolex Therapeutics Inc. Lemna http://www.biolex.com/
DoxoRX™ Planet Biotechnology Inc. Tobacco http://www.planetbiotechnology.com/
α-Caries MAb (CaroX™) Planet Biotechnology Inc. Tobacco http://www.planetbiotechnology.com/
Aprotonin Large Scale Biology Corp. Tobacco http://www.lsbc.coma
Collagen Medicago Inc. Alfalfa http://www2.medicago.com/en/product/
Meristem Therapeutics Tobacco http://www.meristem-therapeutics.comb
Lipase Meristem Therapeutics Maize http://www.meristem-therapeutics.comb
Lactoferrin Meristem Therapeutics Tobacco http://www.meristem-therapeutics.comb
Ventria Bioscience Rice, maize http://www.ventriabio.com/
Lysozyme Ventria Bioscience Rice http://www.ventria.com/;
BLX-301 (anti-CD antibody) Biolex Therapeutics Inc. Lemna http://www.biolex.com/blx301.htm
GLA rich safflower oil Sembiosys Genetics Inc. Safflower http://www.sembiosys.com/
DHA rich safflower oil Sembiosys Genetics Inc. Safflower http://www.sembiosys.com/
Human intrinsic factor Cobento Biotech AS Arabidopsis http://www.cobento.com/
Human glucocerebrosidase Protalix Biotherapeutics Carrot suspension cells http://www.protalix.com/glucocerebrosidase.html
Parvovirus vaccine Large Scale Biology Corp. Nicotiana http://www.lsbc.coma
Anti-F4 fimbriae of ETEC antibody Novaplant Pea (field trials completed 2007) http://www.novoplant.de/fileadmin/redaktion/seitenspezifische_inhalte/news/pr_FieldTrial_210907.pdf
Protein A reagent (Stratocapture™) Sembiosys Genetics Inc. Safflower http://www.sembiosys.com/
a

LSBC filed bankruptcy in 2006.

b

Meristem Therapeutics & SBH Sciences has announced an agreement for joint development of animal-free recombinant proteins.