Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Completely revised text that reflects to emergent trends and cutting-edge advances in pharmaceutical biotechnology, this Third Edition provides a well-balanced framework for understanding every major aspect of pharmaceutical biotechnology, including drug development, production, dosage forms, administration, and therapeutic developments. New chapters cover evolving areas regarding biopharmaceuticals, including oligonucleotides, siRNA and various monoclonal antibodies, immunogenicity, gene therapy, and the regulatory issues factoring into the biopharmaceutical approval process

Setting the standard for biopharmaceutical education in the 21st century, this title discusses general concepts in the production and clinical pharmacology of monoclonal antibodies, as well as their therapeutic application in cancer treatment, immunosuppressive therapy related to organ transplantation, and anti-inflammatory therapy…describes regulatory requirements of biotechnology drug products to receive approval to market…presents challenges and approaches for overcoming an undesired immune response to protein therapeutics…addresses the discovery and clinical development of the new biotechnology-produced drugs