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July 20, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 29
COVER: The anemia treatment erythropoietin contains several of the elements—including protein backbone structure and conformation (blue), glycan groups (orange and red), and disulfide bridges (yellow)—that biologic drug analysts must identify and characterize.
Volume 87, Issue 29
BIOLOGIC DRUGS
Scientists devise new, streamlined methods to understand the complexity of biopharmaceuticals
COVER: The anemia treatment erythropoietin contains several of the elements—including protein backbone structure and conformation (blue), glycan groups (orange and red), and disulfide bridges (yellow)—that biologic drug analysts must identify and characterize.
Credit: Mark R. Wormald,Raymond A. Dwek, and Pauline M. Rudd
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July 20, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 29
July 20, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 29
Scientists devise new, streamlined methods to understand the complexity of biopharmaceuticals
(pp. 20-23)
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(pp. 28-29)
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Scientists devise new, streamlined methods to understand the complexity of biopharmaceuticals
(pp. 20-23)
Cleaner, cheaper, smarter chemistry is no longer a pie-in-the-sky idea
(pp. 39-42)
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