On completion of this module students should be able:
1. To describe the drug development process from discovery to commercialisation
2. To describe the key operations involved in primary recover and downstream processing of biopharmaceuticals and demonstrate an understanding of the principles involved in chromatography.
3. To describe the industrial production of insulin in yeast cells and vaccines in bacterial expression systems.
4. To apply the bioreactor design equations to the analysis of microbial fermentations and cell cultures
5. To have a good grounding in the principles of bioreactor selection, design, scale-up and optimisation
6. To apply principles of mass transfer, fluid flow and heat transfer to bioreactor design and operation
7. To identify key ethical and intellectual property issues in the development of a Bio/Pharmaceutical process and/or product.
8. To understand the role of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineers in the Bio/Pharmaceutical sector and to identify key players and products.
9. To prepare effectively to apply for relevant positions within this sector.

Student enrolling for this module must have previously passed CHEN20060 (Transport Phenomena). It is also recommended that students should have taken either BIOC20020 (Machinery of Life) or CHEN20050 (Biotechnology for Engineers).

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