Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

 

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is a relatively new field of pharmaceutical science which covers all biology-based technologies required for production and manufacturing of biological drugs. Pharmaceutical biotechnology is a rapidly evolving and multidisciplinary field involving biochemistry, molecular biology, genetic engineering, immunology, microbiology, bioinformatics, protein engineering and formulation, pharmacology, fermentation, and downstream processing. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology department is located in the Faculty of Pharmacy and has excellent infrastructure, state-of-art laboratories, and highly qualified faculty members specialized in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. The department of pharmaceutical biotechnology offers the following theoretical and practical courses: Advanced cellular molecular biology, Immunology, Animal cell culture techniques, Genetic engineering, Molecular biology techniques, Biopharmaceuticals, Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology bioprocessing, Protein chemistry and engineering, Protein formulation, and Quality control of Biopharmaceuticals. The MSc and PhD programs offered by the department of pharmaceutical biotechnology focus on the new developments in the production of microorganisms, therapeutic proteins, and vaccines using bioinformatics-based design and advanced molecular principles.