Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see pharmacology) produced by biotechnology. The first such substance approved for therapeutic use was recombinant insulin in 1982.

Term biopharmacology also describes a field of research closely related to pharmacokinetics.

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