A product derived from a living organism that is used in the diagnosis or treatment of disease. Examples include gene therapy, allergy shots, vaccines, and blood products.
Any therapeutic serum, toxin, anti-toxin, or analogous microbial product applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases or injuries.
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
a treatment derived from a living organism, for example, a vaccine
a medicinal preparation made from living organisms and their products; these include serum, vaccines, etc.
A virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, or other similar product used to prevent, treat or cure disease or injury
A therapeutic agent derived from living organisms. Back to glossary index
Biologics represent a new class of systemic therapies. They contain proteins derived from living cells, as opposed to traditional pharmaceutical drugs that are made up of non-living chemicals. Biologics are typically administered through injection because they would be digested if taken orally.
A virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, or analogous product applicable to the prevention, treatment or cure of diseases or injuries of man.
medicine made by biological processes rather than by chemical synthesis or extraction. Biologics typify biotechnology-derived drugs. Contrast with small-molecule drugs.
medicinal preparations made from living organisms and their products, including serums, stem cells, antibody/monoclonal antibody (MAb) vitamins, gene therapy, vaccine, and some hormones