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Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals : transforming proteins and genes into drugs / Rodney J.Y. Ho, Milo Gibaldi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ho, Rodney J. Y.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (741 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 edition also provides an update on new proteins and genetic medicines, the translational and integrated sciences that continue to fuel the innovations in medicine, as well as the new areas of therapeutic development including cancer vaccines, stem cell therapeutics, and cell-based therapies.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781118659984
- 1118659988
- 9781118660485
- 111866048X
- 9781118660379
- 1118660374
- OCLC:
- 858861712
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