March 2006
Biotech Drug Factory
A photo essay: Inside Genetech's South San Francisco manufacturing plant
By Kate Greene
Last year, Genentech, a global leader in the manufacture of genetically engineered drugs, had sales of about $5.5 billion. A "biotech drug" is one that uses a protein to treat a particular disorder: to make its protein-based drugs, which include cancer treatments and a human growth hormone, Genentech must grow vast quantities of therapeutic proteins in host cells and then harvest them.
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