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Bio pharmaceuticals are drugs produced using biotechnology. They are proteins nucleic acids, DNA, RNA used for therapeutic or for vivo diagnostic purposes, and are produced by means other than direct extraction from a native biological source. The first such substance approved for therapeutic use was recombinant human insulin. Traditional Pharmaceutical products more commonly known as medicines or drugs, are a fundamental component of traditional medicine. It is essential that such products are safe, effective, and of good quality, and are prescribed and used rationally. Majority of the biopharmaceutical products are pharmaceuticals that are derived from life forms.

Traditional medicine is a broad term used to define any non-Western medical practice. Ethno pharmacology is a diversified approach to drug discovery involving the description, observation and experimental investigation of indigenous drugs and their biologic activities. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 65% of the world's population has incorporated into their primary modality of health care. There are numerous advantages and disadvantages of traditional medicine. Most traditional medicines are well tolerated by the patient while in some cases bio-pharmaceutical products are not.

Another advantage to traditional medicine is cost. Cost is much less than biopharmaceuticals. Yet another advantage of traditional medicines is their availability. They are available without a prescription, and some can simply be grown at home. While the high cost of biopharmaceuticals and the low reimbursement levels from insurance companies present a major challenge. It is needed to explore various strategies to counter this challenge such as developing technologies that bring down the cost of drugs as well as manufacturing biopharmaceuticals with substantial market size.

For sudden, serious illnesses, mainstream medicine still reigns supreme. A traditional medicine would not be able to treat serious trauma, such as a broken leg, nor would it be able to heal appendicitis or a heart attack as effectively as a conventional doctor using modern diagnostic tests, surgery, and biopharmaceutical drugs. Biopharmaceutical medicine treats sudden illness and accidents much more effectively than traditional.
Another disadvantage of traditional medicine is the very real risks of doing oneself harm through self-dosing. That is consciously maintained by biopharmaceutical product. There’s a very real risk of overdose. Traditional products are not tightly regulated; consumers also run the risk of buying inferior quality. That is why it is best to use biopharmaceutical product. As the biopharmaceutical industry enters the 21st century, the pressure on companies to maintain the level of productivity required for consistent year-on-year growth is increasing.

This is the primary means by which the developer of the drug can recover the investment cost for development of the biopharmaceutical. In 1978 the total patents granted was 30. This had climbed to 15,600 in 1995, and by 2001 there were 34,527 patent applications. Modification of products is one target of drug design for enhancement of efficacy manufacturing process and discuss.

Simultaneously, raising public and clinician awareness of the cost benefits of biopharmaceuticals and collaborating with other insurance companies and government agencies to introduce reimbursement for biopharmaceuticals can help resolve this challenge to some extent. Traditional medicine remains largely an unproven, inexact science. Despite the criticism of traditional medicine amongst mainstream medical professionals, it is wise to remember that many common drugs we use today were derived from plant-based sources. Traditional pharmaceutical products are less safe, that is assured in modern biopharmaceutical products.