Preferred Name

Biological Agent

Synonyms
Definitions

Biotechnology-derived pharmaceutical agents made from living organisms or their products. Includes recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and nucleic acids.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C307

ALT_DEFINITION

A substance that is made from a living organism or its products and is used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer and other diseases. Biological agents include antibodies, interleukins, and vaccines.

A substance made from a living organism or thing it produces. EXAMPLE(S): virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, analogous product OTHER NAME(S): NOTE(S):

A class of pharmaceutical agents made from living organisms or their products that includes recombinant proteins, antibodies, and nucleic acids.

A substance made from living organisms or things they produce, for example: virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, or analogous product.

A product of biological origin applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition. Such products may include virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, protein, or analogous product. NOTE: Biological products may be produced through biotechnology in a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or animal cell. Biological products are generally large, complex molecules and are often more difficult to characterize than small molecule drugs. [After 21 CFR 600.3; After FDA Biological Product Definitions] See also vaccine, cell therapy, gene therapy, pharmaceutical product, drug product, medicinal product.

A substance made from living organisms or things they produce. EXAMPLE(S): virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, analogous product

code

C307

Contributing_Source

CDISC-GLOSS

BRIDG

CDISC

NICHD

definition

Biotechnology-derived pharmaceutical agents made from living organisms or their products. Includes recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and nucleic acids.

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C159503

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C159501

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C90259

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C132298

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C67497

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C99078

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C118468

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C61410

label

Biological Agent

Legacy Concept Name

Biological_Agent

Preferred_Name

Biological Agent

prefixIRI

NCIT:C307

prefLabel

Biological Agent

Semantic_Type

Classification

UMLS_CUI

C0005522

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C1909

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