BIOTECHNOLOGY
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: -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-2: -In 1982 Food and Drug Administration approved Humulin, Eli Lily’s recombinant insulin made from Genentech’s specially modified bacteria. It was the first drug produced through recombinant DNA technology and among the first genetically engineered products to be available to consumers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first genetically engineered, synthetic “human” insulin was produced in 1978 using E. coli bacteria to produce the insulin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Humulin is human insulin produced by genetic engineering method. Through genetic manipulation and introduction of human gene for insulin production, the bacterium E. coli is articulated to produce human insulin called ‘Humulin’.
Detailed explanation-5: -Genentech received FDA approval of its first medicine, Protropin® (somatrem for injection), on October 18, 1985-and not a moment too soon.