Tuesday, December 03, 2013

MARCO Grand Rounds for December 8, 2013

From Warren, KD4GUA:     

This Sunday by request, (Jerry N4TSC) we will discuss the "Biologicals," a group of medicines which began to appear about ten years ago and which are now making a bigger and bigger splash (Epogen, Enbrel, Remicade, Herceptin etc.).

     Biological medicines are medical drugs produced using biotechnology--that is, therapeutic products created through the genetic manipulation of living cells or organisms.  They are complex and have a larger molecular weight than medicines produced chemically.