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Etymology

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bio- +‎ therapeutic

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Noun

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biotherapeutic (plural biotherapeutics)

  1. A therapeutic material produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.
    • 2009 January 27, Natasha Singer, “In Wyeth, Pfizer Sees a Drug Pipeline”, in New York Times[1]:
      “We want to become a leader in biotherapeutics and vaccines,” Jeffrey B. Kindler, Pfizer’s chief executive, said Monday at the Manhattan news conference where the deal was announced.