Growing Biologic Drugs, From Vial to Vat

Nov 16, 2008 · 
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3D, Infographics, New York Times, Portfolio · 
By Vu Nguyen

Unlike con­ven­tional chem­i­cal phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, the bio­log­ics pro­duced at Genentech’s Vacaville, Calif., facil­ity are pro­teins, made by liv­ing cells. The cells are grown in vats, sim­i­lar to winemaking.

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