Roferon-A, Interferon alfa-2a recombinant, injectable solution 0.5mL
date: label: product expiration date
content: 1988-07-01
name: label: maker
content: Hoffmann-La Roche
label: maker
content: Roche Laboratories
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Roferon-A is an injectible, recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat different types of leukemia, malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, AIDS-related sarcoma, and hepatitis. It was discontinued in October 2007, as new therapies for the diseases it treated were developed.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Recombinant pharmaceuticals are created by inserting genes from one species into a host species, often yeast or bacteria, where they do not naturally occur. The genes code for a desired product, and therefore the genetically modified host organisms can be grown and used as a kind of living factory to produce the product. In this case, genes coding for human interferon are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferon, which is harvested and used as the active ingredient in Roferon-A.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Object consists of a sealed white cardboard box with red and black printing. Box contains one multiple-dose vial.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Nutley
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Recombinant Pharmaceuticals
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Antibody Initiative: Monoclonal Antibodies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0786.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0786
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0786.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: interferon alfa-2a, recombinant, 3 million IU per 0.5mL (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 11/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 in; 6.82625 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 in; 6.985 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.08 cm