Intro to PK of biologics

Question 1

define biologics

Answer 1

any medicinal product derived from a living organsim

Question 2

first generation of biologics are?

Answer 2

replicas of human hormones
Produced by transfecting(artificially introducing nucleic acids (dna or rna) ) human gene into a cell line that produces the biologic protein

Question 3

second generation of biologics are?

Answer 3

engineered proteins
gene altered to change the structure of the biologic protein

Question 4

third generation of biologics are?

Answer 4

Large molecules designed for a specific biological process