Biotech #2

What is a clinical drug trial?

• Testing drugs before they're released to make sure they're safe and work
• Giving people medicine that will help improve their conditions
• Developing a drug and putting it on the market for immediate use
• Testing drugs in a clinic to see how effective they are

Why are clinical drug trials important?

• They can improve the health of patients
• To understand whether the drug causes any harmful side effects
• They help test the effectiveness of the drug 
• To test whether the drug works and if it causes any harmful side effects

During which phase of a clinical study are the side effects identified?

• Phase I

• Phase II

• Phase III

• Phase IV

During which phase of a clinical study do they determine effectiveness?

• Phase I

• Phase II

• Phase III

• Phase IV

During which phase of a clinical study do they only test on 15-30 patients?

• Phase I

• Phase II

• Phase III

• Phase IV

During which phase of a clinical study do they only test on 50-200 patients?

• Phase I

• Phase II

• Phase III

• Phase IV

During which phase of a clinical study do they test up to a few thousands patients?

• Phase I

• Phase II

• Phase III

• Phase IV

The manipulation of living organisms to produce useful products.

• laboratory documentation
• biotechnology research laboratories
• biohazard
• biotechnology

During the final dosage form stage, the product is:

• separated from the byproducts or the "soup" that it was cooked in

• mixed with inactive ingredients

• added to raw ingredients

• packaged and labeled

In the purification step of biopharmaceutical processing, the active ingredient is separated from the other chemicals and byproduct. The end result is called the

• active ingredient

• bulk product

• raw materials

• final form