Protalix Biotherapeutics Inc

AMEX:PLX

Protalix Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development, production, and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins based on plant cell based expression system. The company is headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey and currently employs 193 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2010-09-06. The firm is focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. Its ProCellEx platform is being used to manufacture approved and marketed product, Elelyso, for the treatment of Gaucher disease. The Company’s ProCellEx is its proprietary platform used to produce and manufacture recombinant proteins through plant cell-based expressions in suspension. Protalix’s development pipeline consists of proprietary versions of recombinant therapeutic proteins that target pharmaceutical markets, including the product candidates, such as PRX-115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated Uricase (urate oxidase)- a chemically modified enzyme under development for the potential treatment of severe gout. PRX-119, a plant cell-expressed long action DNase I for the treatment of NETs-related diseases, and others.