Features:

• Provides a balanced overview of the biopharmaceutical industry, including material on key developments in the field
• Each chapter supplemented with an extensive further reading section
• Aimed at students taking courses in biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, microbiology or medicine
• An ideal reference for those already employed in the (bio)pharmaceutical sector wishing to gain a better overview of the industry

Biopharmaceuticals: Biochemistry and Biotechnology provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the science and medical applications of biopharmaceutical products in easy-to-read and understand material.

Extensively revised and updated, the Second Edition of this highly successful textbook discusses the latest developments in the field, providing a greater focus on actual commercial products and how they are manufactured. Substantial new sections on detailing biopharmaceutical drug delivery and how advances in genomics and proteomics will impact upon (bio)pharmaceutical drug development are also included.

Biopharmaceuticals: Biochemistry and Biotechnology is an excellent and balanced source of information that all in the biotechnology industry will want to have.

Contents

1. Pharmaceuticals, biologies and biopharmaceuticals
2. The drug development process
3. The drug manufacturing process
4. The cytokines - the interferon family
5. Cytokines: interleukins and tumour necrosis factor
6. Haemopoietic growth factors
7. Growth factors
8. Hormones of therapeutic interest
9. Blood products and therapeutic enzymes
10. Antibodies, vaccines and adjuvants
11. Nucleic acid therapeutics

Appendices
Index

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