A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance A chemical substance is a material with a specific chemical composition intended for use in the medical diagnosis In medicine, diagnosis is a label given for a medical condition or disease identified by its signs, symptoms, and from the results of various diagnostic procedures. The term "diagnostic criteria" designates the combination of signs, symptoms, and test results that allows the clinician to ascertain the diagnosis of the respective disease, cure A cure is the end of a medical condition. The term may refer specifically to a substance or procedure that ends the medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle, or even a philosophical mindset that helps a person suffer. It may also refer to the state of being healed, or cured, treatment Therapy , or treatment, is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. In the medical field, it is synonymous with the word "treatment", or prevention Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them. It can be contrasted not only with curative medicine, but also with public health methods (which work at the level of population health rather than individual health) of disease A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases.[1][2]
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BASEL (Dow Jones)--Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) said Friday a phase-III trial related to drug ocrelizumab has met a primary ...
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