Membrane processes in biotechnologies and pharmaceutics Membrane processes are increasingly used in pharmaceutical and biochemical engineering and biotechnology for concentration and purification synthesis of molecules and drug delivery systems and support for biochemical reactions. This book provides a state of the art overview of the classical membrane processes used in pharmaceutical and biochemical engineering and biotechnology such as ultrafiltration microfiltration virus filtration membrane chromatography membrane emulsification liquid membranes and membrane bioreactors. It describes the general rules (principles choice of configurations membranes parameters etc.) recent developments (fouling control increase permeate flux and selectivity etc.) applications and theoretical descriptions. Further it presents emerging processes such as solvent resistant nanofiltration and membrane crystallization