PHARAMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
About Book
Pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals are the backbone of modern medicinal therapy. Most traditional pharmaceuticals are low molecular mass organic chemicals. Although some were originally isolated from biological sources, most of them are manufactured by direct chemical synthesis. Two types of manufacturing companies, thus comprise the traditional pharmaceutical sector the chemical synthesis plants, which manufacture the raw chemical ingredients in bulk quantities and the finished product pharmaceutical facilities, which purchase the raw bulk ingredients, formulate them into final pharmaceutical products and supply these products to users. Some products are formed by biological materials which are generally categorized as biotechnological products (hormones, blood products, vaccines). Some bio-products are modified by chemical synthesis which are called semi synthetic drugs.
“Biologic” refers to any pharmaceutical product produced by biotechnological endeavor; its definition is more limited. In pharmaceutical circles, “biologics” generally refers to medicinal products derived from blood as well as vaccines, toxins and allergic products. Thus some traditional biotechnology derived pharmaceutical products (hormones, antibiotics and plant extracts) fall outside the definition.
Read More
