Scalable Controlled Environment Production
The efficiencies of our production system versus above ground and growth chamber alternatives provide the missing link between commercial level production and the benefits of controlled environment technology. Our ability to deliver a reliable, consistent production setting enables the control of environmental “triggers” that affect crop production.

Variable Isolation
Large scale tests can be undertaken in a consistent, repeatable environment to measure physiological and other responses to desired isolated production variables, including:

• Nutritional profile
• Temperature
• Light levels
• Atmospheric conditions
• Humidity
• Water
• Light quality
• Light quantity

Containment
CPV’s production system is designed to be exempt from APHIS field test permit requirements. We can provide a superior high biosafety level (BL3-P) negative pressure production alternative to above ground facilities at a significant cost advantage.

Isolated Production
CPV’s underground location provides a natural barrier to ensure the integrity of the production environment when necessary. We can offer a positive pressure production setting that helps eliminate undesired production variables including pests and disease.

Plants as Protein Factories
The use of plants to produce therapeutic proteins is a growing application of biotechnology that will enable the safer, faster, and cheaper production of life saving drugs. The advantages of using plants to express proteins over alternatives such as fermentation or mammalian cells include:

• scalable production capacity
• lower capital requirements
• reduced risk of viral and animal protein contamination.

We use controlled environment expertise to accelerate development and production of plants, reducing time to market for new and valuable compounds, adding significant value for developers. Our production system is contained and confined, meaning that crops and plants grown in our system are prevented from introduction into the environment.

Research has shown that environmental inputs can affect the way plant express proteins. Because we can control and monitor the inputs that affect plant growth, we can deliver a repeatable production environment that can be validated to meet cGMP guidelines as necessary.