This document provides an introduction to pharmaceutical biotechnology. It defines pharmaceutical biotechnology as the combination of pharmaceutical science and biotechnology. It discusses the development of biotechnology from ancient to classical to modern stages. It classifies biotechnology into red, green, blue and white categories. It outlines the scope and applications of biotechnology such as new crops, industrial chemicals, diagnostics, monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, vaccines and more. It concludes that biotechnology is a fusion of biological sciences and technology that produces beneficial products for humans.

1. GITANJALI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
NAME: MD KAIF ALI
UNIVERSITY ROLL: 36201921011
REG. NO: 213620201910015 OF 2021
SUBJECT: PHARMACEUTICAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY(PT-619)
B.PHARM 3RD YEAR 6TH SEM
SESSION: 2021 - 25
INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT (CA-1)

2. TITLE- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO
BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH REFERENCE
TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
CONTENTS
 Introduction
 Devolopment of Biotechnology
Stages of Biotechnology
Classification of Biotechnology
Scope of Biotechnology
Application of Biotechnology

3. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: AN
INTRODUTION
• WHAT IS PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ?
 Pharmaceutical biotechnology consist of the combination of two
branches which are "PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE" and
"BIOTECHNOLOGY".
 PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE: The branch of science deals
with the formulation, compounding and dispensing of drugs
 BIOTECHNOLOGY: The application of biological system,
living organisms, or their derivatives in making or modifying
products or processes for specific use.
 The word "biotechnology" was first used in 1917 by hungarian
agriculture engineer ‘Karl Ereky’ (Father of Biotechnology) to
describe processes using living organisms to make a product or
run a process, such as industrial fermentations.

4. DEVOLOPMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Systemically the developments
of biotechnology up to its
current stage can be divided
into three different stages or
categories:
(1) Ancient Biotechnology
(2) Classical Biotechnology
(3) Modern Biotechnology
 Some important
discoveries related to
biotechnology have been
shown in Figure 1.

5. STAGES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Ancient Biotechnology:
Early history as related to food and shelter,
including domestication
 Classical Biotechnology:
Built on ancient biotechnology ,Fermentation
promoted food production ,Medicine
 Modern Biotechnology:
Manipulates genetic information in
organism,Genetic engineering

6. CLASSIFICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
The definition of biotechnology can be further
divided into different areas known as red, green blue
and white.
 Red biotechnology: This area includes medical procedures such as
utilizing organisms for the production of novel drugs .It could simply be
called medical biotechnology.
 Green biotechnology: Green biotechnology applies to agriculture and
involves such processes as the development of pest-resistant grains.
 Blue biotechnology: Blue biotechnology encompasses processes in the
marine and aquatic environments, such as controlling the proliferation of
noxious water-borne organisms.
 White biotechnology: White (also called gray) biotechnology involves
industrial processes such as the production of new chemicals or the
development of new fuels for vehicles.

7. SCOPE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

8. APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
 Production of new and improved crops/foods, industrial chemicals,
pharmaceuticals (Fermentative production of Antibiotics, Amino acids,
Vitamins, Alcohol etc.)
 Diagnostics for detecting genetic diseases
 Production of Monoclonal Antibodies by hybridoma technology.
 Gene therapy
 Vaccine development (recombinant vaccines): bacterial and Viral Vaccines.
 Enzyme immobilization and their applications in industry, analysis (biosensors,
ELISA etc.)and therapeutics (Artificial Organs)
 Drug Delivery
 Environmental restoration
 Protection of endangered species
 Conservation biology
 Forensic applications: Polymerase chain reaction, finger printing
 Food processing (cheese, beer)
 Transgenic animals
 Transgenic Plants

9. CONCLUSION
• Biotechnology is a fusion of biological sciences and technology to
produce products that are beneficial for human use.
• After 2000 biotechnology has made advancement in the field of
rDNA technology, PCR, DNA fingerprinting, etc.
• Production of transgenic plants, growth hormones, and vaccines,
stem cell therapy, gene therapy are some of the significant
applications of biotechnology in the pharma industry.
• At present biotech products is one of the major sectors in the
pharma industry.

10. REFERENCES
• Bhatia Saurabh and Goli Divakar, Introduction to
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology-Basic Techniques and
Concepts, Volume I, July 2018
• Mohammed, B. R., Malang, S. K., Mailafia, S., & Agbede, R. I.
S. (2016). Application of Biotechnology towards Diagnosis
and Treatment in Veterinary Medicine in Africa: Potentials
and Future Developments. J Biotechnol Biomater.