Audience
There are many groups that
are potentially impacted by the products of Molecular Farming. These
stakeholder groups may consist of: industry (e.g. pharmaceutical companies
and/or healthcare providers); government (legislators, lawmakers, and
regulators); producers (e.g. local farmers involved/not involved in local
PMFs); end-users (e.g. clinicians, patients).
Advances in GM technology in Europe have struggled with low public acceptance since the commercialisation of GM food two decades ago; importantly, this public reluctance has influenced regulations and limited commercialisation of all GM technologies.
Advances in GM technology in Europe have struggled with low public acceptance since the commercialisation of GM food two decades ago; importantly, this public reluctance has influenced regulations and limited commercialisation of all GM technologies.
In Pharma-Factory, we will use qualitative
methods such as interviews and co-design
workshops to determine the nuances and contingencies of positive/negative
opinions of plant molecular farming end products and methods of production.
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Disclaimer for Public Engagement and Involvement Activities
As part of our work on public engagement and involvement, Pharma Factory researchers may propose speculative and provocative embodiments of the technologies and / or products of Molecular Farming. We do this to better understand which aspects of Molecular Farming might carry the most value for each of our diverse stakeholder groups and elicit discussion for those different groups. Our use of ‘provocations’ should not be seen as advocating the use of Molecular Farming to circumvent or otherwise disregard existing laws and regulations surrounding the production, licensing and sale of medicines or any other products of biological processes. A significant part of the work performed in Pharma Factory is designed to facilitate compliance through early engagement with the relevant regulatory authorities for each product under development and to engage users in these technologies in meaningful ways.


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 774078.
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