ATryn was developed by a Massachusetts biotechnology company, GTC Biotherapeutics, by altering the genes of goats so they would produce milk rich in antithrombin, a protein that in humans acts as ...

Editor's note: We're posting this story from our September 2006 issue because of recent FDA action on ATryn. GTC plans to enroll patients in a hereditary antithrombin deficiency study for the FDA ...

But we can't give these goats kibble or even a pat on the head; that would be a breach of strict sanitary regulations. ATryn, GTC's goat-derived antithrombin, cleared its first regulatory hurdle ...

ATryn was developed by a Massachusetts biotechnology company, GTC Biotherapeutics, by altering the genes of goats so they would produce milk rich in antithrombin, a protein that in humans acts as ...

If the EMEA says "yes" on Thursday, Atryn will become the world's first medicine to be produced from a genetically modified animal and represents the vanguard of this long-promised science. The 57 ...

ATryn was developed by a Massachusetts biotechnology company, GTC Biotherapeutics, by altering the genes of goats so they would produce milk rich in antithrombin, a protein that in humans acts as ...

GTC Biotherapeutics said regulators cleared its drug ATryn, which is manufactured using milk from goats that have been scientifically altered to produce extra antithrombin, a protein that acts as ...

GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. yesterday announced a setback to its plan to launch a drug produced in goats, saying that European regulators are likely to reject the anticlotting compound ATryn.

ATryn is a therapeutic protein derived fromthe milk of goats that have been genetically engineered by introducing a segmentof DNA into their genes (called a recombinant DNA or rDNA construct ...

In the case of the drug approved on Friday, ATryn, this means creating GMO goats that manufacture a crucial protein for use in the drug. These goats are the first “pharm animals” that have ...

GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. of Framingham said regulators cleared its drug ATryn, which is manufactured using milk from goats that have been scientifically altered to produce extra antithrombin ...

but a goat that produces an anti-clotting drug in its milk. A Food and Drug Administration evaluation released Wednesday found that the drug Atryn is effective and safe. The report will be ...