HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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It was the first vaccine developed
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It was the first antibiotic developed
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It was the first biotech drug approved by the FDA
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It was the first approved biotech treatment for AIDS
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Detailed explanation-1: -On October 28, 1982, after only 5 months of review, the FDA approved Humulin, the first biosynthetic human insulin product and the first approved medical product of any kind that derived from this technology.
Detailed explanation-2: -Developed by Genentech, the first American biotechnology company, Humulin was licensed to Eli Lilly and became the first marketable product created through recombinant DNA technology. Its licensing by the FDA in October 1982 also made it the first recombinant pharmaceutical approved for use in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first genetically engineered, synthetic “human” insulin was produced in 1978 using E. coli bacteria to produce the insulin. Eli Lilly went on in 1982 to sell the first commercially available biosynthetic human insulin under the brand name Humulin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Clinical trials in 1981 proved the safety and effectiveness of this artificial insulin, which they called Humulin. In 1982 it was approved for use in people with diabetes, becoming the first genetically engineered drug and virtually eliminating the problems caused by allergies and impurities in animal insulin.