Pharmaceutics and Drug Safety

Radiation-based medicines and biotherapy

The goal of biological or biologic therapy is to improve or restore the body's natural defence mechanism's capacity to fend against sickness and infection. A variety of malignancies and other disorders can be treated with biological therapy, sometimes referred to as biotherapy or immunotherapy. The use of biological response modifiers is common in biological therapy (BRMs). The body regularly produces these substances in trace levels as a defence against sickness and infection. With the use of contemporary laboratory methods, BRMs can be generated in vast quantities.

Biologically active substances known as radiopharmaceuticals are radionuclide-labeled to serve as a reliable source of ionising radiation for therapeutic and diagnostic reasons. Drugs called radiopharmaceuticals are used to identify and treat medical diseases. They may be given to the patient in a number of ways. For instance, they can be injected, injected intravenously, or placed in the bladder or eye.

• Inhibitors of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF)
• B-cell blockers
• Inhibiters of interleukins (IL)
•  Modulators of selective co-stimulation
• Precursors for radiopharmaceuticals and their preparation
• Radionuclide producer