Introduction

Question 1

Name 3 products already made in the biopharmaceutical industry?

Answer 1

1. Vaccines
2. Enzymes
3. Food & drink

Question 2

Name 3 products that will be made in the future in the biopharmaceutical industry?

Answer 2

1. Synthetic blood
2. Robotic limbs
3. Replacement organs

Question 3

What are pharmaceutical sciences?

Answer 3

Preparation & standardisation of drugs including development of new drugs.

Question 4

How is biopharmaceutical different to pharmaceutical engineering?

Answer 4

Bio is manufactured in, extracted from or semi-synthesised from biological sources.

Question 5

Name 5 unit operations used in biopharmaceutical engineering?

Answer 5

1. Fermentation
2. Chromatography
3. Centrifugation
4. Precipitation

Question 6

Name 5 types of organism used in biopharmaceutical engineering and give examples.

Answer 6

1. Bacteria - E Coli
2. Actinomycetes - Streptomycetes Sp.
3. Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4. Funghi - Penicillium
5. Mammalian Cells - Chinese hamster ovary

Question 7

What was the first biopharmaceutical product approved for human therapeutic use?

Answer 7

Insulin - ‘Humulin’

Question 8

Which pharmacist discovered oxygen, tungsten, barium & hydrogen?

Answer 8

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Question 9

When was the first Pharmacopeia produced?

Answer 9

1561.

Question 10

Define molarity.

Answer 10

The number of moles of solutes divided by the number of litres in solution.

Question 11

Define normality.

Answer 11

The gram equivalent weight per litre of solution.