Erratum: Biopharmaceutical benchmarks—2003

Erratum

What is a Biopharmaceutical ?

T he terms biotechnology and biopharmaceutical describe many complex and important products, technologies, R&D, and industries. Most people, particularly those within the industry, presume that a biopharmaceutical involves biotechnology, but this connection is often ignored or rejected. That causes problems in communication and public perception. This article examines biopharmaceutical terminol...

Biopharmaceutical applications of nanogold.

The application of nanogold in biopharmaceutical field is reviewed in this work. The properties of nanogold including nanogold surface Plasmon absorption and nanogold surface Plasmon light scattering are illustrated. The physical, chemical, biosynthesis methods of nanogold preparation are presented. Catalytic properties as well as biomedical applications are highlighted as one of the most impor...

Production Planning of Biopharmaceutical Manufacture

Multiproduct manufacturing facilities running on a campaign basis are increasingly becoming the norm for biopharmaceuticals, owing to high risks of clinical failure, regulatory pressures and the increasing number of therapeutics in clinical evaluation. The need for such flexible plants and cost-effective manufacture pose significant challenges for planning and scheduling, which are compounded b...

Production of biopharmaceutical proteins by yeast

Production of recombinant proteins for use as pharmaceuticals, so-called biopharmaceuticals, is a multi-billion dollar industry. Many different cell factories are used for the production of biopharmaceuticals, but the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an important cell factory as it is used for production of several large volume products. Insulin and insulin analogs are by far the dominating bi...