Pharmaceutical Biotechnology offers students taking Pharmacy and related Medical and Pharmaceutical courses a comprehensive introduction to the fast-moving area of biopharmaceuticals. With a particular focus on the subject taken from a pharmaceutical perspective, the book offers a broad introduction to protein science and recombinant DNA technology- key areas that underpin the whole subject. With two separate chapters devoted to these important topics, students are provided with the basic principles and coverage of how these techniques are applied in the development and production of biopharmaceuticals.