Pharmaceutical biotechnology : concepts and applications /
Gary Walsh.
- Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
- xviii, 480 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pharmaceuticals, biologics and biopharmaceuticals -- Protein structure -- Gene manipulation and recombinant DNA technology -- The drug development process -- Sources and upstream processing -- Downstream processing -- Product analysis -- The cytokines : the interferon family -- Cytokines : interleukins and tumour necrosis factor -- Growth factors -- Therapeutic hormones -- Recombinant blood products and therapeutic enzymes -- Antibodies, vaccines and adjuvants -- Nucleic-acid- and cell-based therapeutics.