biopharmaceutical
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- /ˌbaɪoʊfɑːrˈmæsɪtɪkəl/
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- In the course of creating new drugs and therapies, organizations in the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries amass huge amounts of clinical trial data.
- biopharmaceutical company
- clinical-stage biopharmaceutical
- biopharmaceutical firm
Examples
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Celgene Corporation, headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, is an integrated global biopharmaceutical company engaged primarily in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases through gene and protein regulation.
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About Innovent Biologics: Innovent Biologics is a privately held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies to be marketed in China and worldwide.
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The folks at the biopharmaceutical company went into their clinical trials database to identify the study manager.
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China's market growth makes it an attractive target for biopharmaceutical development.
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Ten leading biopharmaceutical companies announced today that they have formed a non-profit organization to accelerate the development of new medicines.
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The global biopharmaceutical company postponed the release of its third-quarter results to Wednesday as a result of the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
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We now need to go much further and faster in liberating clinical research data, and I believe that the large biopharmaceutical companies and healthcare institutions have the opportunity to take the lead.
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We believe that further basic research into circRNAs will not only enlarge our understanding of gene regulation networks, but will also prompt the biopharmaceutical industry to develop circRNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in the near future.
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The biopharmaceutical research project focuses on developing treatments using genetically modified organisms.
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Scientists are excited about the potential of using biopharmaceutical methods to create new vaccines.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
biopharmaceutical = pharmaceutical (transparent) = bio + pharmaceutical
The meaning is directly compositional: bio- indicates biological/living processes and pharmaceutical relates to drugs.
Etymology
The word biopharmaceutical joins bio- 'life' and pharmaceutical, which is related to pharmacy and means 'drug', so it describes medicines developed from living cells or natural processes.