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biopharmaceutical
[ bahy-oh-fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl ]
noun
- a medical drug derived from biological components through biotechnology:
Transgenic plants are used to make biopharmaceuticals.
biopharmaceutical
/ ˌɪəʊˌɑːəˈːɪə /
adjective
- of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of biopharmaceutical1
Example Sentences
The biopharmaceutical company based in Thousand Oaks has, along with the Amgen Foundation, vowed to donate $10 million.
During the study, researchers developed genetic predictors of psychiatric disorders using data from large-scale genetic studies including the psychiatric genomics consortium, genetic health and biopharmaceutical company 23andMe, and UK BioBank, a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing anonymised genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million consenting UK participants.
In Dec. 2001, Stewart had sold her stake in ImClone Systems, a now-defunct biopharmaceutical company, after receiving word from her broker, Peter Bacanovic, that ImClone CEO Sam Waksal and his daughter Aliza Waksal had placed orders to sell all their ImClone stock.
This double standard is especially apparent in the insider trading scandal that engulfed Stewart after she sold off shares in ImClone Systems, a biopharmaceutical company, in 2001, just as the FDA denied approval of an experimental drug the company was developing.
It was a brutal result for Lykos Therapeutics, the for-profit biopharmaceutical offshoot of the world’s leading psychedelic research and advocacy organization, MAPS: the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
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