biopharmaceuticals

/ˌbaɪəʊˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkəlz/ noun [plural]

Definition

› PRODUCTION medicine and drugs that are produced using biotechnology (= the use of living things, especially cells and bacteria, in industrial processes): The field of biopharmaceuticals and other life-science businesses is growing rapidly.

biopharmaceutical adjective [before noun] › The biopharmaceutical company has developed the first therapeutic vaccine for AIDS.

(Definition of biopharmaceuticals noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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