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"Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:08:03 EDT
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Magda,  what may be of interest to you is that PPL and Wyeth are
collaborators. PPL are the people who cloned Dolly the sheep and are into
transgenic production of pharmaceuticals, etc. (Wyeth makes SMA) (called
American Home Products in USA) see
http://www.bio.org/memberprofile/ppl.html

"About PPL Therapeutics Inc
PPL specializes in the application of transgenic technology to the production
of recombinant proteins and has also developed proprietary technology
enabling large scale peptide production in milk. Transgenic technology allows
the production of high volume and high quality proteins at low cost. The
application of PPL's proprietary cloning technology - as used to create
"Dolly" further enhances PPL's competitive advantage. The company's unique
state of the art pilot production facility is currently producing 1
kilogramme per week of GMP grade alpha-1-antitrypsin for clinical studies.
PPL is developing several products in-house and offers contract manufacturing
services to third parties.

Collaborations:
Novo Nordisk:Factor VII
Astra:BSSL
Wyeth Ayersty:Modified Milk
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma:Soluble Receptor
FibroGem:Collagen
Ferring BV:Undisclosed "

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