Protein Therapeutics

Dear Colleagues,

Protein-based medicines are an important segment in healthcare to treat a large range of medical conditions. The number of approved protein therapeutics has been on the increase last few years as they can best serve to address unmet medical needs. The effectiveness and affordability of these therapeutics, due to their high activity and specificity, are often hindered by the suboptimal pharmacokinetics and biodistribution, immunogenicity and dimenished stability. These challenges are being rectified by innovative strategies to alter physicochemical properties of proteins, improve their bioavailability and pharmacokinetics through recombinant technologies, bioconjugation, formulation, mutations and developing drug delivery systems. The Special Issue of Pharmaceutics on "Protein Therapeutics" will address diverse areas related to discovery and development of protein based medicines, including their production, characterization, purification, modifications, formulation and use, as well as opportunities for biopharmaceutical industry. Original research papers, communications or review articles on any of these aspects are welcomed for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Mire Zloh
Prof. Dr. Steve Brocchini
Guest Editors

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