Drugs

Drugs

Terms in relation to substances, other than food, that have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing, or other effects when put into the body of a human or animal.

Industry: Pharmaceutical

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Companies are allowed to make changes to drugs or their labels after they have been approved. To change a label, market a new dosage or strength of a drug, or change the way it manufactures a drug, ...

Supplement

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A supplement is an application to allow a company to make changes in a product that already has an approved new drug application (NDA). CDER must approve all important NDA changes (in packaging or ...

Therapeutic biological product

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A therapeutic biological product is a protein derived from living material (such as cells or tissues) used to treat or cure disease.

Strength

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

The strength of a drug product tells how much of the active ingredient is present in each dosage.

Brand name drug

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A brand name drug is a drug marketed under a proprietary, trademark-protected name.

Drug

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A drug is defined as: * A substance recognised by an official pharmacopoeia or formulary. * A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. * A ...

Discontinued drug product

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

Products listed in Drugs@FDA as "discontinued" are approved products that have never been marketed, have been discontinued from marketing, are for military use, are for export only, or have had their ...