To provide attendees with:

• a solid understanding of the most common mechanisms of protein degradation
• an overview of where pharmaceutical macromolecules are most likely to be damaged during bioprocessing and storage
• the physical basis for the aggregation and solubility behaviour of polypeptides
• descriptions of the most important analytical tools needed in formulation development
• an overview of the latest advances in protein formulation development
• detailed strategies for stabilization of peptides as well as proteins. In addition to lectures, the course will include individual and group exercises for evaluating the suitability of various formulations of pharmaceutial proteins