biologic
noun
bi·o·log·ic
ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-jik 
variants
or biological
: a biological product (such as a vaccine or blood serum) used in medicine
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As the founding partner of Dyverse Ventures, Gossett has launched and scaled companies in fitness, retail, media, and biotech biologics.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Prasad would be asked to resign as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which regulates vaccine products and biologics such as gene therapies.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
These may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to address pain and inflammation, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to slow the progression, and biologics that affect your immune system.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 July 2025
Varda has a 30,000-square-foot facility in El Segundo to process its spacecraft and a laboratory in which pharmaceutical scientists can process materials for crystallizing biologics such as monoclonal antibodies.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Prasad would be asked to resign as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which regulates vaccine products and biologics such as gene therapies.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
These may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to address pain and inflammation, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to slow the progression, and biologics that affect your immune system.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 July 2025
Varda has a 30,000-square-foot facility in El Segundo to process its spacecraft and a laboratory in which pharmaceutical scientists can process materials for crystallizing biologics such as monoclonal antibodies.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
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“Biologic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biologic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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biologic
noun
bi·o·log·ic
ˌbī-ə-ˈläj-ik
variants
or biological
: a biological product (as a globulin, serum, vaccine, antitoxin, or antigen) used in the prevention or treatment of disease
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