Drugs
Why Do Some Medicines Need to Be Taken Before Food, While Others After?
You’ve probably seen instructions like “Take on an empty stomach” or “Take after meals” on medicine labels. But why does ...
Why Do Some Medicines Say ‘Store in a Cool Place’ While Others Say ‘Refrigerate’?
Sounds similar, right? But they mean very different things—and ignoring them can make your medicine useless. Let’s decode this in ...
Same Drug With Different Dosage Form
You’ve seen it: Paracetamol is available as a tablet, syrup, injection, even IV drip. But isn’t it the same drug? ...
Orphan Drug
An orphan drug is a medication developed to treat rare diseases (also called orphan diseases) that affect a small percentage ...
Biologic Drugs
Biologic drugs are derived from living organisms or contain components of living organisms. This category includes vaccines, blood components, gene ...
Biosimilar Drugs
Biosimilars are highly similar to an already approved reference biologic, with no clinically meaningful differences in terms of safety, purity, ...
Innovator Drug
Innovator drug is a first time developed drug product through extensive research and clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy. ...
Misbranded
A misbranded drug is a pharmaceutical product that has misleading information or false labeling or illegal advertising and violating regulatory ...
Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug
OTC drugs are medications that can be purchased without a prescription for the treatment of minor ailments and conditions. As ...
Drug Discovery
Drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered and involves a comprehensive scientific and research-based approach ...
Generic Drug
Generic drugs are similar to brand-name drugs (RLD/RS). They have the same active ingredients and similar efficacy. The regulatory body ...