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Vanguard June/July 2019

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I N N O V A T O R S & T R A I L B L A Z E R S President, Co-Founder & ChieF oPerating oFFiCer AntoXA CorporAtion Ashley Meyers For the interview, see page 42 How is your organization cHanging tHe game witHin your industry sector? AntoXa is producing high-value therapeutic pro- tein drugs to protect against chemical and bio- logical threats using a plant-based manufacturing platform, vivoXPRESS®. Our pipeline includes antidotes to ricin poisoning and nerve agent ex- We believe we have a best-in-class drug, and we are excited by the support and recognition we are seeing from new potential customers in government, defence and public health. posure as well as a nerve regeneration therapy for trauma injuries. Typically drug products like these are manufactured in mammalian cells, which makes them expensive; our products can be made for 10 per cent of the traditional cost. Our platform is also uniquely positioned to rapid- ly respond to emerging threats and can be easily scaled – you simply grow more plants (i.e. verti- cal farming). wHat is tHe one tHing tHat Has you most fired up today?

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