SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventria Bioscience has announced the introduction of a new plant-derived recombinant growth factor for cell culture media that improves productivity and safety. Lacromin(TM) is a strong growth factor and outperforms Transferrin, a common animal-derived growth factor. Lacromin(TM) was introduced today at the "Raw Materials and Disposable Process Systems for Mammalian Cell Products Conference" in Kansas City, Missouri.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020404/SFTH029LOGO )
"We are excited about Lacromin(TM) to improve the productivity and safety of cell culture manufacturing," said Scott Deeter, President and CEO, Ventria Bioscience. "Given the FDA's preference for non-animal derived cell culture media ingredients, plant-derived proteins like Lacromin(TM) are a real breakthrough for this market."
"We are very encouraged by the positive results we have generated on Lacromin(TM)," said Ning Huang, Vice President of Research and Development, Ventria Bioscience. "At the conference today, I presented results showing Lacromin(TM) significantly increased the productivity of antibody production when compared with animal-derived transferrin."
Ventria Bioscience will market Lacromin(TM) to companies that seek a serum-free and animal component free cell culture media source for their biopharmaceutical production.
About Lacromin(TM)
Lacromin(TM) is recombinant human lactoferrin derived from plants. Lacromin(TM) holds many advantages over current cell culture media ingredients:
* Strong growth factor
Lacromin(TM) has been shown to promote cell growth in many cell
lines, including Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells and Mouse
Hybridoma cells.
* Outperforms Transferrin
Lacromin(TM) promotes higher cell density and reduces cell doubling
time when compared with Transferrin.
* Replaces Animal Derived Transferrin
Since Lacromin(TM) is derived from plants, it is free of any viral
or prion contaminant risks.
* Improves IgG Productivity
In Hybridoma cells, Lacromin(TM) increased IgG productivity by 50%
versus Transferrin and by 6% versus Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS).
Lacromin(TM) is offered for sale from Ventria Bioscience in 100 gram, 1 kilogram and 5 kilogram quantities. Pricing of Lacromin(TM) is available upon request.
About Ventria Bioscience
Ventria Bioscience is a biopharmaceutical company commercializing products that enhance human health. In addition to Lacromin(TM) for the cell culture market, Ventria has several products in development for human health applications.
For more information about Ventria Bioscience, see our website at http://www.ventria.com
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, fluctuations in operating results, market conditions and changes in technology and increased competition.
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020404/SFTH029LOGOAP Archive:
http://photoarchive.ap.orgPRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.comVentria Bioscience