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Now in its third edition, the text covers all aspects of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Structured like a textbook, it is aimed at a wide audience in industry and academia and can be used as a reference as well as for training purposes.
List of contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Biopharmaceutical Production: Value Creation, Product Types and Biological Basics
PART 2 TECHNOLOGY
Manufacturing Process
Analytics
PART 3 PHARMACY
Pharmacology and Drug Safety
PART 4 QUALITY ASSURANCE
Fundamentals of Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance in Manufacturing
Appendix A: Case Study Part IV: Warning Letters by FDA
PART 5 PHARMACEUTICAL LAW
Pharmaceutical Law and Regulatory Authorities
Appendix B: Case Study Part V: Clinical Trials for Protein Products
PART 6 PRODUCTION FACILITIES
Facility Design
Planning, Construction and Commissioning of a Manufacturing Plant
PART 7 ECONOMY
Production Costs
Investments
Production Concept
Appendix C: Examples Part VII: Manufacturing Cost
Part 8 PRODUCTION ORGANISATION AND DIGITALIZATION
13 Organisation and Core Processes of a Manufacturing Facility
14 Digitalization
About the author
Dr. Stefan Behme has held several positions within the pharma and biotech industry over the last 20 years with Bayer AG and former Schering AG, Germany. Trained as chemical engineer, his industrial assignments included: managing healthcare investment projects in Germany and the US, biotech manufacturing operations, strategic sourcing of finished pharmaceuticals, and quality assurance in one of the world's largest drug manufacturing facilities.
In parallel he has been passing on his knowledge to students of the Universities of Dortmund (Germany) and Berlin as lecturer for GMP-aspects of biopharmaceutical manufacturing and general life science manufacturing processes. In 2009 he published his first edition of the book "Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Proteins: from Technology to Economy", which has developed into a popular reference and was followed by a further expanded edition in 2015.
