Biopharmaceutical Drug Design and Development

New discoveries in biology are occurring at an incredible rate, and with these discoveries arise nearly unimaginable opportunities in every area of human existence. Imagine the excitement surround­ ing the "penicillin project" and the subsequent rapid development of anti-infective agents that took place in the 1940s and 1950s. Fast for­ ward to the world today and our ability to treat life-threatening infec­ tions. This is but one small piece in the present kaleidoscope of new therapeutic agents