New pharmaceutical technology and pharmaceuticals
Learning objective
This chapter will briefly introduce some new and evolving pharmaceutical technologies and pharmaceuticals. There is a discussion of the current situation of established and prospective technologies.
Key concept terms
API
active pharmaceutical ingredient
Biologic
a therapeutic, prophylactic and in-vivo diagnostic substance made from a living system; biologics include vaccines, blood products, recombinant therapeutic proteins, gene therapy, and biotechnology products
Biopharmaceutical
biologic or biotechnology product
Biotechnology
the technology that produces biologics, ...
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