Product Introduction

Welcome to the final week. This week, we are going to look at biotechnology products review. Biologics and drugs differ with respect to pharmacology, biochemistry and formulation. Biologics are divided as physiological peptides of endogenous origin, and non-physiological peptides of exogenous origin. Physiologic peptides are further divided into those existing in pharmacological concentration and those existing in non-pharmacological concentration

First, the learning objectives are listed. Second, drugs and biologics are compared with respect to pharmacological, biochemical and formulation characteristics. Biologics are divided in two categories, physiologic peptide(endogenous) and non-physiologic peptide (exogenous) Physiologic peptides are further divided into those existing in pharmacological concentration (clotting factors, insulin) and those existing in non-pharmacological concentration (interferon, cytokines)