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B.Pharm Second Year · NEP 2020

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Recombinant DNA technology; fermentation and production of biologicals; enzymes, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and biopharmaceuticals.

PCI code: BP403T Course: B.Pharm Second Year · Sem IV Lectures: 45 hours
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Course contents — unit by unit · PCI NEP 2020 BP403T

Unit 1 · Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 9 hrs

Biotechnology in the pharmaceutical sciences; protein structure and function; enzymes and their pharmaceutical applications; and immobilization techniques and their industrial uses.

Unit 2 · Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology 9 hrs

The principles of genetic engineering; recombinant DNA technology, vectors and cloning strategies; the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its applications; and mutations and their types.

Unit 3 · Microbial Biotransformation and Fermentation Technology 9 hrs

Microbial biotransformation; the principles of fermentation and process control; fermenter design and operation; and the downstream processing and recovery of fermentation products.

Unit 4 · Blood Products, Gene Therapy and Personalized Medicine 9 hrs

Blood products — collection, processing and storage; gene therapy — types, methodologies, delivery systems and ethical considerations; and genomics, personalized medicine and the emerging role of artificial intelligence within it.

Unit 5 · Immunology, Vaccines and Sera 9 hrs

The immune system and the immune response; antigens and antibodies; hypersensitivity; vaccines and sera — their classification, production, standardization and storage; and monoclonal antibodies and their therapeutic applications.

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