Question

What is the chemical equivalence?

(a) Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount

(b) Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in different quantity

(c) Two or more drug products contain different labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect

(d) Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving a different therapeutic effect

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I want to ask this question from Bioequivalence Studies topic in section Compartment Modelling, Non Linear Pharmacokinetics, Bioavailability and Bioequivalence of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount

Explanation: Chemical equivalence of drug products is said when the drugs contain the same active ingredient. The amount of the active ingredient must be the same. When two or more drug products contain the same active ingredient giving the same pharmacologic effect is known as therapeutic equivalence.