Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see pharmacology) produced by biotechnology. The first such substance approved for therapeutic use was recombinant insulin in 1982. Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon (φάρμακον) is drug, and logos (λόγος) is science) is the study of how chemical substances interact with living systems. ... Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... The structure of insulin Red: carbon; green: oxygen; blue: nitrogen; pink: sulfur. ...

Term biopharmacology also describes a field of research closely related to pharmacokinetics. Pharmacokinetics is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to the study of the time course of substances and their relationship with an organism or system. ...