Background Recombinant products have reached the market in diverse areas, including pharmaceutical, veterinary food, pesticides and detergents. Noteworthy, approximately 30 recombinant products in the pharmaceutical sector account for more than 90 per cent of all recombinant product sales. Although microbial systems can be considered an attractive option for expressing certain biopharmaceutical...

Patient-centeredness has become an acknowledged hallmark of not only high-quality health care but also high-quality drug development. Biopharmaceutical companies are actively seeking to be more patient-centric in drug research and development by involving patients in identifying target disease conditions, participating in the design of, and recruitment for, clinical trials, and disseminating st...