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Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals : transforming proteins and genes into drugs /

Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals: Transforming Proteins and Genes into Drugs, Second Edition addresses the pivotal issues relating to translational science, including preclinical and clinical drug development, regulatory science, pharmaco-economics and cost-effectiveness considerations. The new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ho, Rodney J. Y.
Other Authors: Gibaldi, Milo.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2013]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
MEDICAL / Pharmacology
Biopharmaceutics.
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical.
Drug Design.
Drug design.
Electronic books.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to biopharmaceuticals
  • Distinctions of biologic versus small molecule platforms in drug development
  • Financing biologic drug development
  • Application of biotechnology in drug discovery and early development
  • Large-scale production of recombinant proteins
  • Clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and therapeutic dosage & response
  • Clinical evaluation and regulatory approval & enforcement of biopharmaceuticals
  • Pharmacoeconomics and drug pricing / Garrison
  • Antibodies and derivatives
  • Hematopoietic growth and coagulation factors
  • Cytokines and interferons
  • Hormones
  • Enzymes
  • Vaccines / Hu, Ho
  • Other biopharmaceutical products
  • Advances in personalized medicine : pharmacogenetics in drug therapy
  • Gene and cell therapy
  • Pharmacoeconomics, outcome, and health technology assessment research in drug development
  • Summary and future prospects.

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