biologic
Example Sentences
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In rheumatoid arthritis, where the immune system attacks joint linings, biologic drugs can control inflammation and prevent damage—though they may also raise infection risk or cause fatigue and nausea.
“I can give a patient a biologic and literally see the skin get better right before my eyes.”
From New York Times
Many patients with inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis take a single biologic drug as treatment.
From Salon
Unlike pills, which have extremely cheap generic copies, complex, expensive biologic drugs made from living cells cannot be exactly duplicated.
From Reuters
Cipla doesn’t make biologic drugs, which are more expensive to produce than the small-molecule HIV drugs, but Hamied said he thinks it can be done at a reasonable cost through a partnership.
From Washington Post
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