Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals: Transforming Proteins and Genes into Drugs

Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals: Transforming Proteins and Genes into Drugs, Second Edition addresses the pivotal issues relating to translational science, including preclinical and clinical drug development, regulatory science, pharmaco-economics and cost-effectiveness considerations. The new edition also provides an update on new proteins and genetic medicines, the translational and integrated sciences that continue to fuel the innovations in medicine, as well as the new areas of therapeutic development including cancer vaccines, stem cell therapeutics, and cell-based therapies.

Keywords: Biotechnology (Life Sciences), Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals, Rodney J.Y. Ho, cancer vaccines, stem cell therapeutics, cell-based therapies, new proteins, genetic medicines, translational and integrated sciences, therapeutic development, comparative drug developmental path for proteins and genes versus small molecule therapeutics, biotechnology industry perspective on drug development, pharmacology, toxicology, therapeutic dosage formulations and clinical responses