Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug Development - 9780443191350

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug DevelopmentAuthor(s): Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash, Kanwal Rehman, Kanwal Irshad, Shuqing Chen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780443191350, 978-0443191350\nSynopsis\nPharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug Development summarizes key concepts and the latest developments of biotechnology applied to the development of biopharmaceuticals. Chapters present a comprehensive collection of introductory biotechnology technologies and their modern concepts and cover pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior of biopharmaceuticals and modification techniques of amino acids and nucleic acid. Other sections focus on topics such as gene therapy, immunological preparations and nanoparticles which are the major contributions of pharmaceutical biotechnology. Final chapters discuss emerging techniques in the field of pharmaceutical biotechnology to meet current patient and health .