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Strategic Study of CAE >> 2021, Volume 23, Issue 5 doi: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2021.05.009

Microbial Medicine Industry: Current Status and Future Trends

State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Funding project:中国工程院咨询项目“中国微生物安全与健康产业发展战略研究”(2020-ZD-05) Received: 2021-07-09 Revised: 2021-08-30 Available online: 2021-10-20

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Abstract

The microbial sourced natural products possess diverse structures and excellent activities, implying great potentials for clinical application. This study systematically analyzes the current status of the microbial medicine industry in China and summarizes the development trends of the industry from the aspects of microbial strain resource utilization, excellent strain screening, fermentation process optimization, strain engineering, and new microbial medicine development. This aims to facilitate major breakthroughs and industrial upgrades for China’s microbial medicine industry. Although China’s microbial medicine industry has solid resource and technical foundations, it still lags behind the international advanced level. Considering the opportunities and challenges, we propose several suggestions for promoting China’s microbial medicine industry: constructing large-scale scientific facilities for microbial medicine, strengthening basic research and independent technology development, establishing a talent cultivation system, and formulating systematic industrial incentives.

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