Table of Contents

Preface. Editorial Board. List of contributors. 1. Biochips beyond DNA: technologies and applications (J.H. Ng, L.L. Ilag). 2. Nonribosomal peptide synthetases as technological platforms for the synthesis of highly modified peptide bioeffectors - cyclosporin synthetase as a complex example (T. Velkov, A. Lawen). 3. Horseradish peroxidase: A valuable tool in biotechnology (A.M. Azevedo, V.C. Martins et al.). 4. Considerations for the planning and conduct of reproducibility studies of in vitro diagnostic tests for infectious agents (T. Derion). 5. Clinical trial methods to discover and validate predictive markers for treatment response in cancer (S. Paik).
6. Production of high-quality marketing applications: Strategies for biotechnology companies working with contract research organizations (S.J. Hecker, C. Preston, M. Foote). 7. Use of benchmarking in the development of biopharmaceutical products
(M. Giffin, S. McLeish). 8. The state of biopharmaceutical manufacturing (D.T. Molowa, R. Mazanet). 9. Review of current authorship guidelines and the controversy regarding publication of clinical trial data (M. Foote). 10. Protein electrostatics. A review of the equations and methods used to model electrostatic equations in biomolecules. Applications in biotechnology (M.T. Neves-Petersen, S.B. Petersen). 11. The development of supportive care agents for patients with cancer (T.K. Neumann, M. Foote). Index of authors. Keyword index.