PHA758 Biomanufacture: for Pharmaceutical Development of Drugs

[3–0, 3 cr.]

Designed to prepare student for careers in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries where microorganisms are tools for manufacturing chemical or biological drugs. Microbial fermentation produces recombinant proteins as drugs or industrial enzymes for the manufacture of antibodies and nucleic acids in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.  Drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry and the development of novel or cheaper industrial chemicals and reagents are unimaginable without utilizing microbial “chemical factories”. Business aspects will be included since cost drives the continuation of research.