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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785115503321

Autore

Jogdand S. N

Titolo

Biopharmaceuticals [[electronic resource] /] / S.N. Jogdand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mumbai [India], : Himalaya Pub. House, 2006

ISBN

1-282-80173-2

9786612801730

1-4416-6139-5

93-5043-529-2

600-00-2715-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

615/.7

Soggetti

Biopharmaceutics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; MARKET FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR IN INDIA; DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG DESIGNING; PHARMACOKINETICS; CLINICAL TRIALS; REGULATORY; THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS; BLOOD PRODUCTS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; HORMONE THERAPY; VACCINE PRODUCTION-NEW DEVELOPMENTS; TRANSGENIC PRODUCTION OF BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; HUMAN GENE THERAPY; ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY (DNA MEDICINES)

Sommario/riassunto

Biopharmaceuticals are complex macromolecules created through the genetic manipulation of living organisms using gene cloning, recombinant DNA(gene splicing), or fusion technologies. Although small molecule drugs remain the standard treatment for disease, new strategies based on the engineering of proteins, genes and cell as therapeutic agents will revolutionize medicine in the coming decades. More than 20 percent of new medicines launched in 2003 were produced using biotechnology, nearly 80 percent of those under development either use use of biotechnology or are derived from it. The biopharm