PlantForm News Releases
January 31, 2012:
PlantForm launches HIV antibody project
November 7, 2011:
PlantForm named OCE Mind to Market Award finalist
October 3, 2011:
PlantForm to explore UAE investment, partnership opportunities
September 15, 2011:
PlantForm engages Landmark Capital Corporation to obtain equity financing
September 12, 2011:
PlantForm opens office in Sarnia research park
October 19, 2010:
PlantForm named one of Canada's top investment prospects
August 27, 2010:
Key paper validates PlantForm trastuzumab proof-of-concept in vitro.
June 24, 2010:
PlantForm wins Innovator of the Year accolade.
April 29, 2009:
Jim Rae and Warren Whitehead join PlantForm Board
September 30, 2008:
PlantForm Corporation from Guelph Ontario has been selected as one of Canada's Top 10™ Competition winners
PlantForm in the News
January 31, 2012:
Can tobacco be used to cure cancer?
The Globe and Mail
December 15, 2011:
Plant-made pharmaceuticals: an ongoing debate
Ag-West Bio Bio-Bulletin
October 16, 2011:
PlantForm gearing up to ‘grow’ breast cancer drug using tobacco as a host
Lambton Shield.com
September 21, 2011:
The kinder side of tobacco
An independent supplement by MediaPlanet to the National Post
May 15, 2011:
Biosimilars Proceed With Caution From Starting Gate
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
March 21, 2011:
Business innovation through R&D tax credits
CBC Radio, World at Six report
January 4, 2011:
Fighting cancer with tobacco
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade
June 24, 2010:
Business gala shines spotlight on the city's bright lights
Guelph Mercury
May 1, 2009:
Platform for growth
Rex Magazine
Scientific publications
Recovery and isolation of recombinant human monoclonal antibody from transgenic tobacco plants. Mayani M, McLean MD, Hall, JC, Filipe, CDM, Ghosh, R. Biochemical Engineering Journal, April 15, 2011
Plant-Produced Trastuzumab Inhibits the Growth of HER2 Positive Cancer Cells. Grohs BM, Niu Y, Veldhuis LJ, Trabelsi S, Garabagi F, Hassell JA, McLean MD and Hall JC. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Aug. 27, 2010
Purification of Plant-Derived Antibodies through Direct Immobilization of Affinity Ligands on Cellulose. Hussack G, Grohs BM, Almquist KC, McLean MD, Ghosh R, Hall JC. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Feb. 19, 2010
Complexes with anti-epitope tag IgGs improve the therapeutic potential of epitope-tagged antibody fragments. Xie X, Weisser NE, McLean MD, Hall JC. Molecular Immunology, Feb. 12, 2010