biopharmaceutical

noun

bio·​phar·​ma·​ceu·​ti·​cal ˌbī-ō-ˌfär-mə-ˈsü-ti-kəl 

: a pharmaceutical derived from biological sources and especially one produced by biotechnology

biopharmaceutical adjective

Examples of biopharmaceutical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Upwork , First Interstate BancSystem , PTC Therapeutics — Shares of Upwork and biopharmaceutical company PTC Therapeutics each gained more than 5%, while First Interstate BancSystem rose about 4%, on news that the three stocks will join the S & P small cap 600 index . —Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025

Why are the world’s leading biopharmaceutical innovators making their own Brexit? —Michael Jäger, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025

Last week, the State Department announced a joint commitment with the Global Fund to purchase the drug lenacapavir, an HIV prevention injection that only has to be taken twice a year, from the American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences. —Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025

Nathalie Dompé The 35-year-old co-CEO of Dompé Farmaceutici, an Italian biopharmaceutical company, and CEO of Dompé Holdings, was born in Milan in 1990 to pharmaceutical mogul Sergio Dompé. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biopharmaceutical

• cuticle
• hermeneutical
• pharmaceutical
• radiopharmaceutical

Medical Definition

biopharmaceutical

1 of 2 adjective

bio·​phar·​ma·​ceu·​ti·​cal ˌbī-ō-ˌfär-mə-ˈsüt-i-kəl 

: of or relating to biopharmaceutics or biopharmaceuticals

a biopharmaceutical company

biopharmaceutical drugs

biopharmaceutical

2 of 2 noun

: a pharmaceutical derived from biological sources and especially one produced by biotechnology