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  Biopharmaceutical -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see (The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects) pharmacology) produced by (The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes) biotechnology.
The first such substance approved for therapeutic use was recombinant (Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells) insulin in 1982.
Term biopharmacology also describes a field of research closely related to (The study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc.) pharmacokinetics.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/biopharmaceutical.htm   (107 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In recent years, there has been an explosive growth of literature in biopharmaceutical research and development of new medicines for the treatment of certain diseases that are severe and/or life-threatening.
Biopharmaceutical statistics plays an extremely important role in ensuring not only the efficacy and safety of the medicine under investigation but also that the pharmaceutical product possesses good drug characteristics such as identity, strength, purity, quality, stability, and reproducibility.
Although the contributors are mostly biostatisticians who have extensive practical experience in biopharmaceutical research and development, we have attempted to make each entry self-contained and self-explanatory to a reader who is not an expert in the subject matter of each topic.
www.dekker.com /sdek/162963431-1244556/issues~content=t713172960~db=enc   (1005 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical Statistics: Books: Shein-Chung Chow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Remaining on the cutting-edge of this rapidly evolving field, this unequaled resource has expanded more than 70% of its original entries to review ammendments to regulatory requirements and recently developed statistical methods impacting the drug review/approval process and biopharmaceutical research and development.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/0824760018/ref=nosim/legalenginecom   (542 words)

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