Product Description

Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals: Transforming Proteins and Genes into Drugs defines biotechnology from the perspective of pharmaceuticals. The first section focuses on the process of transforming a biologic macromolecule into a therapeutic agent, while the second section provides a brief overview of each class of macromolecule with respect to physiological role and clinical application. Additional detail is also provided in the second section for each FDA approved, recombinantly derived biopharmaceutical for each category of macromolecule. The final section looks to the future and the new advances that will enhance our ability to develop new macromolecules into effective biopharmaceuticals. This last section discusses various drug delivery strategies while also describing gene and cell therapy strategies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1513573 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-13
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.06" h x 7.12" w x 10.00" l, 2.12 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

Review
“...a useful book for a...class in the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of biotechnology-derived products, as well as a good introductory book for people new to the biotechnology industry.” (Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 20, No. 12, December 2003)

Review
"...faculty that teach in the pharmaceutics curriculum will find the Ho and Gibaldi text of great value as course content is revised and new areas are added and expanded. The book provides important linkages between the science and therapeutics of biotechnology products that faculty will find useful in integrating the subject matter in health sciences and graduate program curricula." --Stuart Feldman, Ph.D., Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Book Info
Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Focuses on the role biotechnology plays in the discovery and development of therapeutic drugs. Discusses the process of transforming a macromolecule into a therapeutic agent and examines each class of macromolecules with respect to its physiological role and clinical application. For pharmaceutical students. Softcover. DNLM: Biopharmaceutics.