biologic

biologic
a) Of or pertaining to biology.
b) Pertaining to a living or a once-living organism.
2. noun
An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.

Examples: alefacept, dalimumab, efalizumab, etanercept, infliximab.


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