iBio Inc and the University of Cape Town’s Biopharming Research Unit (BRU) announce a Molecular Farming Workshop to be held in Franschhoek in the Western Cape of South Africa, on November 3rd and 4th, 2017. The workshop will bring together public and private entities driving biologics production and human and animal healthcare in South Africa towards establishing a plant-based biopharmaceutical manufacturing capability in South Africa. The expected output of the conference is a plan for the funding, technology transfer, facility construction and production of a pipeline of products specifically developed for the plant-made pharmaceutical platform. The conference will be co-chaired by Professor Ed Rybicki, Director of the BRU, and Dr Barry Holtz, President, iBio CDMO in Bryan, Texas.