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Molecular Pharming

Molecular pharming refers to the use of genetically modified plants as a production platform for e.g. renewable raw materials, fine chemicals or food supplements or medicines. Pharming, a word created from «farming» and «pharmaceutical», refers to the manufacture of drugs using animals or plants that have been genetically modified. Plant pharming, in particular, is a useful alternative to traditional pharmaceutical development, as genetically modified plants are relatively inexpensive to produce and maintain. The substances produced from these pharmaceutical plants are called Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals (in the literature PMP for short). They can either be directly usable in the plants or must be extracted from them in a laboratory.

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