AntoXa

Life-saving biodefense solutions

Anti-Toxins

Neutralizing ricin

AntoXa is using the vivoXPRESS® system to produce an innovator antibody (PhD9) being studied by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) as an antidote to ricin exposure.

Anti-nerve agents

AntoXa awarded federal government contract for anti-nerve agent enzyme

GUELPH, Ontario, Canada, March 20, 2019 — AntoXa Corporation has been awarded a contract with the Government of Canada to continue work on production of plant-made butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), a protein that provides protection against toxic nerve agents such as sarin and soman. The one-year contract, worth up to $329,395, with a possible extension for two more… Read more >

Enzyme Drugs

Reversing lung damage

Hemopexin is an innovative enzyme drug that shows promise for treating respiratory damage caused by sickle cell disease and exposure to toxic halogens such as chlorine gas. Research by the University of Alabama at Birmingham in collaboration with AntoXa scientists has demonstrated that recombinant human hemopexin, generated in plants using the vivoXPRESS® platform, was equally effective in reversing lung and mitochondrial injury caused by exposure to chlorine gas.

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Plant-made biopharmaceuticals for a safer world. AntoXa Corporation is a Canadian biopharmaceutical company developing medical countermeasures to protect military and civilian personnel from biological and chemical agents that might be used in terrorist attacks, as well as outbreaks of naturally ...
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vivoXPRESS® MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
The plant-based vivoXPRESS® manufacturing platform offers several advantages over the mammalian and bacterial cell culture systems used to produce most recombinant protein pharmaceuticals. Here’s how it works.

BioPharming Info Centre

Biopharming, also known as plant molecular farming, refers to the use of genetically modified plants to produce a wide range of pharmaceuticals and industrial products. See our Biopharming Info Centre to Learn more about the science and history of using plants to produce complex therapeutic proteins.