一个生物制药的早期例子是文特里亚生物科技公司（Ventria Bioscience）所生产的一种水稻，这种水稻包含两种人类蛋白质：乳铁蛋白和溶解酵素。
One early example of biopharming was the production by the biotech company Ventria Bioscience of rice that contained two human proteins, lactoferrin and lysozyme.