Overview
- Every chapter thoroughly updated
- Explains both basic science and applications of pharmaceutical biotechnology
- Complete one-stop source for students and professionals
- Written by experts in each subject
- Includes pedagogical features like self assessment questions and answers
- Loaded with over 250 color figures
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About this book
This introductory text explains both the basic science and the applications of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical use. It serves as a complete one-stop source for undergraduate/graduate pharmacists, pharmaceutical science students, and for those in the pharmaceutical industry. The Fifth Edition completely updates the previous edition, and also includes additional coverage on the newer approaches such as oligonucleotides, siRNA, gene therapy and nanotech and enzyme replacement therapy.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Daan J.A. Crommelin is Professor Emeritus Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences at Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Robert D. Sindelar is Professor and former Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcomes Sciences (CHEOS), The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada and President of the Global Drug Commercialization Centre (GDCC)-China and Vice-President GDCC-worldwide, Chengdu, China
Bernd Meibohm is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Editors: Daan J. A. Crommelin, Robert D. Sindelar, Bernd Meibohm
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00710-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00710-2Published: 13 April 2019
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XXIII, 653
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 227 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology