Biopharmaceuticals : biochemistry and biotechnology / Gary Walsh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Contents Preface 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 Index