Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. has launched a protein production platform, Corynex, to produce secreted, soluble, properly folded proteins from microbial fermentation. The company has recently finalized the production process for a therapeutic protein scheduled to enter a Phase I trial using the platform to scale up production from test tubes to small scale fermentation. The Corynex platform, based on the bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum, secretes proteins into the cell culture supernatant in active...