Abstract
Protein-based therapeutics, including monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, enzymes, and vaccines, have transformed the landscape of modern medicine, addressing previously untreatable diseases with high specificity and minimal off-target effects. Biologics constitute a rapidly expanding segment within the pharmaceutical market, propelled by progress in the fields of genetic engineering, engineered DNA technologies, and hybridoma approaches. Among the blockbuster protein therapies are adalimumab (Humira[[sup]]®[[/sup]]) for autoimmune illnesses and trastuzumab (Herceptin[[sup]]®[[/sup]]) for breast cancer (Walsh 2014; Strohl 2018).
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Title of host publication | Freeze-drying Technology in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Product Development |
| Subtitle of host publication | Impact, Progress and Challenges of Lyophilization |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Singapore |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 227 |
| Number of pages | 263 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-95-0221-9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-981-95-0220-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2025 |