2nd Edition

Biotechnology - The Science and the Business

Edited By Derek G. Springham, Vivian Moses, Ronald E. Cape Copyright 1999
686 Pages
by CRC Press

686 Pages
by CRC Press

686 Pages
by CRC Press

Biotechnology has not stood still since 1991 when the first edition of Biotechnology - The Science and the Business was published. It was the first book to treat the science and business of technology as an integrated subject and was well received by both students and business professionals. All chapters in this second edition have been updated and revised and some new chapters have been... Read more
Section I: Matters of Business: Managing a Biotechnology Business. Financing Biotechnology Companies. Biotechnology Startups. Patents: Paradigms in Collision. Intellectual Property and Technical Know-How Public Perceptions of Biotechnology. The Regulation of Biotechnology in the United States. The Regulation of Biotechnology in Europe. Communication. Section II: Underlying Technologies and Economics: Polymerase Chain Reaction Development of a Novel Technology in a Corporate Environment. Protein Engineering. Fermentation Technology, Bioprocessing, Scale-up and Manufacture. Feedstocks. Process Economics. Section III: Biotechnology and Industry: The Established Industries. Industrial Chemicals: Fermentation and Immobilized Cells. Industrial Enzymes. New Materials. Biosensors.

Biography

Derek G. Springham (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK) (Edited by) ,  Vivian Moses (King's College, University of London, London, UK) (Edited by) ,  Ronald E. Cape (Ronald Cape Biotechnology Investments, San Francisco, CA, US) (Edited by)