Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug Development (eBook)

Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash, Shuqing Chen, Kanwal Irshad, Kanwal Rehman (Autoren)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
236 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-443-19136-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug Development summarizes key concepts and the latest developments of biotechnology applied to the development of biopharmaceuticals. Chapters present a comprehensive collection of introductory biotechnology technologies and their modern concepts and cover pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior of biopharmaceuticals and modification techniques of amino acids and nucleic acid. Other sections focus on topics such as gene therapy, immunological preparations and nanoparticles which are the major contributions of pharmaceutical biotechnology. Final chapters discuss emerging techniques in the field of pharmaceutical biotechnology to meet current patient and health care demand. This book is an essential reference useful for pharmaceutical scientists, clinicians and academic researchers who want easy access to up-to-date practices of pharmaceutical biotechnology. Corporate researchers will also benefit from this book's succinct and objective content structure. - Includes key concepts at the foundation of the technology and relevant for protein therapeutics - Explains how advances in other areas such as genomics, proteomics and high-throughput screening have paved the way for exploring new avenues of drug discovery - Covers the importance of biotechnology in the development of new biopharmaceuticals, along with their pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

Dr. Akash is currently working as associate professor and chairman at Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Pakistan. He got his bachelor and master's degrees in pharmacy from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan and PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis from Zhejiang University, China. Currently, he is focusing on investigating the effect of EDCs on various molecular and metabolic pathways that are involved in metabolic disorders and the treatment strategies of these EDCs-induced metabolic disorders funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. His Research work is the cutting edge and worthy of extension in developing countries like Pakistan, where it can be most beneficial and cost-effective especially for diabetic patients. Based on his significant scientific contributions in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences, he has been awarded 'Research Productivity Award from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST), PAS Gold Medal from Pakistan Academy of Sciences and A.R. Shakoori Gold Medal from Zoological Society of Pakistan."

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-19136-0 / 0443191360
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-19136-7 / 9780443191367