Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Drug Design
Pharmaceutical biotechnology is a relatively new and growing field in which the principles of biotechnology are applied to the advancement of drugs. Pharmaceutical companies uses biotechnology for manufacturing drugs, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics and genetic testing. Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes changes a person’s response to drugs. Its objective is to grow rational means to enhance drug therapy, with respect to the patients' genotype, to provide maximum efficiency with minimum adverse effects. The Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is widely spread, ranging from many ethical concerns to changes in healthcare practices and an important contribution to the development of national recession.
19.1 Chemotherapy
19.2 Antibodies
19.3 Human Genomics
19.4 Clinical trails
19.5 Cell therapies