Biopharmaceutical is drug from biological sources
Q. Biopharmaceutical is- Published on 07 Mar 16a. Use of medicines to tackle biological agents causing diseases
b. Drug from biological sources
c. Drugs manufactured from microorganisms only
d. Drugs for treating diseases by microorganisms only.
ANSWER: Drug from biological sources
- A biopharmaceutical, also known as a biologic(al) medical product, is any pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from, or semi synthesized from biological sources.
- Different from chemically synthesized pharmaceuticals, they include vaccines, blood, or blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapies, tissues, recombinant therapeutic protein, and living cells used in cell therapy.
- Biologics can be composed of sugars, proteins, or nucleic acids or complex combinations of these substances, or may be living cells or tissues.
- They are isolated from natural sources—human, animal, or microorganism.
