BPS 2110 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Drugs
Answer:
Chemical substance used in the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a disease
Question:
2. Types of drugs (2)
Answer:
1. Biologics
2. Small molecules
Question:
3. Biologics drugs
Answer:
Naturally produced agents in animal cells
Question:
4. Small molecules drugs
Answer:
organic compounds with low molecular weight
Question:
5. Difference between biologics and small molecule drugs
Answer:
- Molecular weight
- Process of making them
- Examples
Question:
6. Characteristics of biologics
Answer:
- High molecular weight (>2000)
- Made with living organisms
- Vaccines, proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids
,Question:
7. Characteristics of small molecules
Answer:
- Low molecular weight (<2000)
- Made with living organisms
- Made through chemical synthesis
- insulin, aspirin
Question:
8. Types of pharmaceutical companies (3)
Answer:
1. Ethical
2. Generic
3. Biotech
Question:
9. Characteristic of an Ethical company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
- Example
Answer:
- Invest in research
- Discover new molecular entities
- 100,000s employees
- Pfizer
Question:
10. Characteristics of a Generic Company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
- Example
Answer:
- Focus on manufacturing methods & formulation
- Adapt/ circumvent patents
- Make drugs with no patents
- <100,00s employees
- Pfizer
, Question:
11. Characteristics of a Biotech company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
Answer:
- Heavily invest in research
- Focus on a few specialized products
- Short term
- 10s - 1000s employees
Question:
12. What is a CRO?
Answer:
Contract Research Organization
Question:
13. What does a CRO do?
Answer:
Provide services for pharmaceutical companies
Question:
14. Examples of services done by CRO (4)
Answer:
- Testing
- Chemical synthesis + Manufacturing
- Research areas
- Clinical trials
Question:
15. List biopharmaceutical companies in terms of size (4)
Answer:
1. Ethical
2. Generic
3. CRO
4. Biotech
Question:
16. Molecular entity
Answer:
Pure Active Ingredient
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Drugs
Answer:
Chemical substance used in the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a disease
Question:
2. Types of drugs (2)
Answer:
1. Biologics
2. Small molecules
Question:
3. Biologics drugs
Answer:
Naturally produced agents in animal cells
Question:
4. Small molecules drugs
Answer:
organic compounds with low molecular weight
Question:
5. Difference between biologics and small molecule drugs
Answer:
- Molecular weight
- Process of making them
- Examples
Question:
6. Characteristics of biologics
Answer:
- High molecular weight (>2000)
- Made with living organisms
- Vaccines, proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids
,Question:
7. Characteristics of small molecules
Answer:
- Low molecular weight (<2000)
- Made with living organisms
- Made through chemical synthesis
- insulin, aspirin
Question:
8. Types of pharmaceutical companies (3)
Answer:
1. Ethical
2. Generic
3. Biotech
Question:
9. Characteristic of an Ethical company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
- Example
Answer:
- Invest in research
- Discover new molecular entities
- 100,000s employees
- Pfizer
Question:
10. Characteristics of a Generic Company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
- Example
Answer:
- Focus on manufacturing methods & formulation
- Adapt/ circumvent patents
- Make drugs with no patents
- <100,00s employees
- Pfizer
, Question:
11. Characteristics of a Biotech company
- Main focus
- What they do?
- Number of employees
Answer:
- Heavily invest in research
- Focus on a few specialized products
- Short term
- 10s - 1000s employees
Question:
12. What is a CRO?
Answer:
Contract Research Organization
Question:
13. What does a CRO do?
Answer:
Provide services for pharmaceutical companies
Question:
14. Examples of services done by CRO (4)
Answer:
- Testing
- Chemical synthesis + Manufacturing
- Research areas
- Clinical trials
Question:
15. List biopharmaceutical companies in terms of size (4)
Answer:
1. Ethical
2. Generic
3. CRO
4. Biotech
Question:
16. Molecular entity
Answer:
Pure Active Ingredient
