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Research Paper on Biotechnology Company

and Biotherapeutic Products Fall 2016

Students will research a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company that produces a biotherapeutic

product. Many therapeutic products that have been developed with various biotechnologies are

proteins that are either naturally occurring or engineered to act in a specific manner. All topics must be

submitted to instructor for approval. This prevents multiple students from selecting the same subject

and helps students avoid the selection of a bioproduct that may not be applicable.

For this paper you will be researching:

 a disease

 a biological therapeutic for the disease

 the biotechnology company that produces the therapeutic

 Bioproducts NOT to be selected: Insulin, Erythropoietin, tPA (Activase), therapeutics not

currently on the market (i.e. drugs still in clinical phase)

Subjects covered must include:

The Disease  Description of disease  Symptoms of the disease  Statistics on number of people suffering from the disease

The Biotherapeutic

 Function of biomolecule  How the biomolecule is produced  How is the biomolecule delivered to the patient and for how long  Adverse effects, drug interactions

The Company

 Location (many companies have several sites)

 Number of employees  Gross yearly sale of the protein (or all products if this can’t be determined)

 Competitor companies for similar products  Key products  Number one selling product  Other products in the pipeline  Graph (or some other statistical indicator) of stock price for the last 3-5 years  Indicate reasons for any large fluctuations in stock price

References / Citation  At least three references that are NOT websites  Company/Biotherapeutic Website(s)  Properly cited sources ex: (Iyer, 2010)

The report must be 4-6 pages, 1.5 spaced, use a standard 12-point font, use proper citation and include at least three credible references, which are NOT websites, to substantiate your writings (online journals

are permitted). ANY images used should be no larger than 2” in height; if the image is illegible at that size then it should be included in separate Attachments section. Students will be graded on how well they met the topics of the assignment, grammar, formatting, etc. DO NOT write out a bullet by bullet response to each part of the rubric; topics should be covered in paragraph form.

The report will be submitted via University of Houston Blackboard Learn system.