List of recombinant proteins

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Since human recombinants have replaced the animal version in human therapeutics, the prefix of "rh" for "human recombinant" appears less and less in the literature

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[edit] Human recombinants that largely replaced animal or harvested from human types

  • Human growth hormone (rhGH) Humatrope from Lilly and Serostim from Serono replaced cadaver harvested human growth hormone
  • Human insulin (rhI) Humulin from Lilly and Novolin from Novo Nordisk among others; largely replaced bovine and porcine insulin for human therapy. Some prefer to continue using the animal-sourced preparations, as there is some evidence that synthetic insulin varieties are more likely to induce hypoglycemia unawareness. Remaining manufacturers of highly-purified animal-sourced insulin include Poland's Polfa Tarchomin S.A., Argentina's Laboratorios Beta S.A., and China's Wanbang Biopharma Co.
  • Follicle-stimulating hormone FSH replaced Serono's Pergonal which was previously isolated from post-menopausal female urine
  • Factor VIII Kogenate from Bayer replaced blood harvested factor VIII

[edit] Human recombinants with recombination as only source

[edit] Animal recombinants

[edit] Viral recombinants