ch. 1. Peptide synthesis / Knud J. Jensen -- ch. 2. Protein expression / Nanni Din -- ch. 3. Protein purification / Lars Hovgaard, Lars Skriver, and Sven Frokjaer -- ch. 4. Characterization of therapeutic peptides and proteins / Marco van de Weert and Tudor Arvinte -- ch. 5. Chemical pathways of peptide and protein degradation / Teruna J. Siahaan and Christian Schoneich -- ch. 6. Physical instability of peptides and proteins / Marco van de Weert and Theodore W. Randolph -- ch. 7. Peptide and protein derivatives / Kristian Stromgaard and Thomas Hoeg-Jensen -- ch. 8. Peptides and proteins as parenteral solutions / Michael J. Akers and Michael R. Defelippis -- ch. 9. Peptides and proteins as parenteral suspensions : an overview of design, development, and manufacturing considerations / Michael R. Defelippis and Michael J. Akers -- ch. 10. Rational design of solid protein formulations / Bingquan (Stuart) Wang and Michael J. Pikal -- ch. 11. Peptide and protein drug delivery systems for nonparenteral routes of administration / Ulrik Lytt Rahbek, Frantisek Hubalek, and Simon Bjerregaard -- ch. 12. Immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins / Grzegorz Kijanka. [et al.] -- ch. 13. Biosimulation of peptides and proteins / Tue Soeborg. [et al.] -- ch. 14. Registration of peptides and proteins / Niamh Kinsella.