Advanced Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology

Veterinary Parasites and Control Systems. Medical importance of recombinant proteins e.g., insulin, growth hormones. Interferon. Engineering antibodies for therapy-production of monoclonal antibodies, recombinant antibodies and antibody fragment. Biotechnology in vaccines development-DNA vaccines.  Vaccine production by recombinant DNA for prevention of viral and bacterial infections. Biotechnological manufacturing facility and environment. General layout, environmental requirements and associated quality assurance (QA) in production. Biosafety. Biotechnological products and Pharmaceutical Care-an overview of relevant information service to patients on storage, re-constitution, stability, antigenicity, and self-administration.