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The Rise of Recombinant Protein Drugs

Recombinant protein drugs can be used to provide the body with functional proteins that are often lacking due to congenital genetic defects or disease. These innovative medicines use recombinant technology, in which gene fragments incorporated into vectors induce host cells to express specific target proteins – giving rise a new generation of treatments more effective than ever before.

The evolution of genetic recombinant technology marked the beginning of a golden age in the recombinant protein drug industry, with many successful new drugs emerging as research and development shifted to monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antibody medications.

Application of Recombinant Protein Drugs

As biopharmaceutical technologies evolve and advance, recombinant protein drugs are gaining an increasingly prominent role in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These proteins boast increased activity and specificity compared to traditional small molecule drugs, as well as lower toxicity profiles that reduce potential side effects for those undergoing treatment. As such, recombinant proteins have become indispensable components in modern-day pharmaceuticals – ranging from peptide hormones to cytokines, plasma protein factors to enzymes.

Segmentation Main Varieties Treatment Areas
Recombinant Human Insulin, Insulin Analogues Diabetes
Peptide Hormones Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Childhood dwarfism
Recombinant Human Follicle-Maturation Hormone Promotes female Ovulation |Reproductive Treatment
Cytokines Recombinant Human Interferon α, β, γ Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Multiple Sclerosis
Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Symptoms of various types of cytopenias caused by tumor radiation and chemotherapy, improving patients’ autoimmunity
Recombinant Human Granulocyte Macrophage-Stimulating Factor Symptoms of various types of cytopenias caused by tumor radiation and chemotherapy, improving patients’ autoimmunity
Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Symptoms of various types of cytopenias caused by tumor radiation and chemotherapy, improving patients’ autoimmunity
Recombinant Human Thrombopoietin Symptoms of various types of cytopenias caused by tumor radiation and chemotherapy, improving patients’ autoimmunity
Recombinant Human Interleukin 2, 11 Symptoms of various types of cytopenias caused by tumor radiation and chemotherapy, improving patients’ autoimmunity
Recombinant Human Epidermal Growth Factor Traumatic Wound Healing Recovery
Recombinant Human Fibroblast Growth Factor Traumatic Wound Healing Recovery
Plasma Protein
Factor
Recombinant Human Coagulation Factor Hemophilia
Recombinant Human Antithrombin Hemostasis
Recombinant Human Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator Myocardial Infarction
Recombinant Human Serum Albumin Plasma Supplementation
Recombinant Human C-reactive Protein Sepsis
Recombinant Enzymes Recombinant Human Urokinase Pro Acute Myocardial Infarction
Recombinant Human α-glucosidase Preparation Pompe Disease
Other Recombinant Human Bone Formation Protein 2 Promotes Bone Healing
Recombinant Hirudin Thrombophilia
Fusion Proteins Oncology and Autoimmune Diseases

The Future of Recombinant Protein Drugs

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large influence on the rapid growth of recombinant protein drugs in recent years. However, many obstacles remain concerning their successful production and development due to them being much more complex compared to small molecule drugs. To achieve mass production of these proteins requires various biosynthetic systems such as those found within bioengineered E. coli, yeast cells, or mammalian cells – all costly endeavors reflective of significant technical and financial barriers that must be overcome for success in this domain.

The rapid advancement of molecular and cellular technologies, in tandem with the introduction of gene editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9, has paved a path for significant achievements to be made in vector engineering. As a result, recombinant protein drugs have seen both improved yield quality and hastened processing time – developments that further emphasize their importance within biopharmaceutical production. These advancements have been accompanied by an increasing need for advanced purification processes; from single-column chromatography up to modern online multidimensional chromatographic systems coupled with MCSGP technology – all aimed at improving purity levels and efficiency when manufacturing these vital medicines.

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Reference
  1. Lagassé H A D, Alexaki A, Simhadri V L, et al. Recent advances in (therapeutic protein) drug development[J]. F1000Research, 2017, 6.
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