| Description |
xviii, 551 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Pharmaceuticals, biologics and biopharmaceuticals -- Ch. 2. The drug development process -- Ch. 3. The drug manufacturing process -- Ch. 4. The cyotkines - the interferon family -- Ch. 5. Cytokines: interleukins and tumour necrosis factor -- Ch. 6. Haemopoietic growth factors -- Ch. 7. Growth factors -- Ch. 8. Hormones of therapeutic interest -- Ch. 9. Blood products and therapeutic enzymes -- Ch. 10. Antibodies, vaccines and adjuvants -- Ch. 11. Nucleic acid therapeutics -- App. 1. Biopharmaceuticals thus far approved in the USA or European Union -- App. 2. Some Internet addresses relevant to the biopharmaceutical sector -- App. 3. Two selected monographs reproduced from the European Pharmacopoeia (Products of recombinant DNA technology; Interferon a-2 concentrated solution) -- App. 4. Manufacture of biological medicinal products for human use |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
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| LC no. |
2003045085 |
| ISBN |
0470843268 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0470843276 |
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