Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals : transforming proteins and genes into drugs - Ho, Rodney J. Y.; Gibaldi, Milo. (Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, 2003)
Introduction to biopharmaceuticals -- Comparative drug development o f proteins and genes versus small molecules -- Biotechnology industry p erspective on drug development -- Biopharmaceutical technologies and pr ocesses in drug development -- Pharmacology, toxicology, therapeutic d osage formulations, and clinical response -- Hematopoietic growth facto rs and coagulation factors -- Interferons and cytokines for anti-infect ive and cancer therapy -- Hormones -- Enzymes -- Antibodies and derivat ives -- Vaccines -- Other products : monographs -- Advanced drug delive ry -- Individualization of drug regimens : integration of pharamacokine tic and pharmacogenic principles in drug therapy -- Gene and cell ther apy -- Integration of discovery and development : the role of genomics and proteomics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Pharmaceutical biotechnology; Biopharmaceutics; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; Drug Design