pharmaceutical grade
Drug-quality standard met
Pharmaceutical grade describes substances manufactured to meet the strict purity and quality standards required for medicines.
The term implies a product is safe for human consumption and free from contaminants: pharmaceutical grade fish oil, pharmaceutical grade supplements.
In marketing, the phrase often signals premium quality, whether or not the product actually meets formal regulatory standards.
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- FDA approvedCleared by regulators
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
analgesic · regulatory standards · drug safety · contaminants · controlled substance · potency · bioavailability · quality control · treatment · antibiotic · synthesis · vaccine · cryoprotectant · topical application · emollient · antiseptic solutions · humectant · intravenous infusion
- omega-3 oilsfish oil, cod liver oil, krill oil, salmon oil, omega-3
- purity gradespure, impure, purified, refined, unrefined
- refined substancesrefined sugar, refined oil, distilled water, purified water, pure gold
- stainless steelcutlery, flatware, silverware, forks, knives
pharmaceutical gradeimpure
Not wholly clean
contaminated · crude · unrefined · adulterated · substandard
pharmaceutical gradecounterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
unregulated · black market · bootleg · reject · bathtub
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