• 2009

Company Description

AzarGen is a biotechnology company focused on developing human therapeutic proteins using advanced genetic engineering & synthetic biology.

AzarGen is a biotechnology company utilising advanced genetic engineering and synthetic biology techniques to express biopharmaceutical compounds of high value.Our focus is to use plants as bioreactors to develop a pipeline of novel and patentable compounds with special emphasis on complex therapeutic proteins. AzarGen is proving the viability of its plant-based expression platform through a lead candidate, being a recombinant human therapeutic protein. AzarGen’s product is expected to increase the survivability of premature-born infants in the developed and developing world with higher clinical efficiency and at lower cost.

  • Manufacturer:

    Science and Engineering
  • Formed:

    2009
  • Founders:

    Cobus Zwiegelaar
  • Company Website:

  • Company E-mail:

  • Company Address:

    The Natural Science Building,, Room 2066 Merriman Avenue
    Stellenbosch
    South Africa
  • CEO:

    • Cobus Zwiegelaar
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