Reading Assignments

 

 


Reading Assignment for February 3, 2000
  1. Examine the product specifications for Nutropin and Protropin as described on the www.genentech.com web site and identify the differences between these two products.

  2. Review the "Drug Discovery Process" as described on the www.phrma.org web site.

  3. Estimate the per capita use of anti-infective drugs in the US, Japan, and Germany. Some of the necessary data can be found at www.imshealth.com.

  4. Review the Points to Consider for manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies. This can be found on the www.fda.gov site.


Reading Assignment for February 8, 2000
Methodology for Bioprocess Data Reconciliation

John J. Prior and Charles L. Cooney

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
Submitted for publication in AIChE Journaly
January 10, 1999


Reading Assignment for February 29, 2000

Bioreactors, Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactors

Micheal Laska and Charles L. Cooney

A Perspective on the Application of Genetic Engineering: Stability of Recombinant Plasmid

Tadayuki Imanaka and Shuichi Aiba


Reading Assignment for March 14, 2000

Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts
Chapter 3: Enzymes, pages 58-102

M.L Shuler and F. Kargi


Reading Assignment for April 6, 2000
Bioprocess Design

Demetri Petrides