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Types of Chemical markers
The first FDA approved plant cell based
biologic in 2012
•ELELYSO ™ is the first FDA-approved plant cell-expressed
drug (derived from ProCellEx®). ELELYSO™ by Pfizer &
Protalix is a form of the human lysosomal enzyme,
glucocerebrosidase, used to treat Gaucher disease.
•Engineers at Israeli biotech firm
Protalix Biotherapeutics
discovered how to grow the
enzyme in carrots cells by
inserting a specific gene into them
