Definition of biopharmaceutical
: a pharmaceutical derived from biological sources and especially one produced by biotechnology
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The White House has complained that China has used predatory practices in a relentless push to grant Chinese companies an unfair advantage in the industries of the future, including robotics, electric cars and biopharmaceuticals.
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The switch in accounting methods raised the value of the stake in the affiliated biopharmaceutical company to 4.9 trillion South Korean won (about $4.3 billion) from 290 billion won.
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In March of 2017, the biopharmaceutical company filed a suit against Russian Nativa in an effort to halt their production and sale of the drug.
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The plan calls for creating powerful Chinese players in such areas as information technology, robotics, aerospace equipment, electric vehicles and biopharmaceuticals.
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Shares of energy firms in the index declined 1.6% as oil prices slumped Shares of biopharmaceutical firm MiMedx Group fell 39% after two of the company’s top executives resigned after the firm had to restate years of financial results.
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The health care and biopharmaceutical industries are ever-changing.
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In 2010, for example, the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer doled out $2 million in scholarship funds to U.S. veterinary students, two-thirds of whom committed to studying animals used for food.
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Parexel officials boast that their company has worked on 99 percent of the 200 top-selling biopharmaceutical products in the world.
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First Known Use of biopharmaceutical
1971
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of biopharmaceutical
: of or relating to biopharmaceutics or biopharmaceuticals
- a biopharmaceutical company
- biopharmaceutical drugs
medical Definition of biopharmaceutical
: a pharmaceutical derived from biological sources and especially one produced by biotechnology
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