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  • Target Product ProfileA target product profile is a document that describes the features of a product (such as a medicine) that a company is planning or developing. The document can include a wide range of information such as dosage, how the product will be administered (for example this could be a patient taking a(...)
  • TPPA target product profile is a document that describes the features of a product (such as a medicine) that a company is planning or developing. The document can include a wide range of information such as dosage, how the product will be administered (for example this could be a patient taking a(...)
  • Targeted medicineThese are medicines designed in a manner that focuses the activity of the medication in certain parts of the body. The goal of a targeted medicine is to increase the length of time that the medicine interacts with the diseased tissue in a specific area of the body and spares other parts (e.g.(...)
  • Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitosFinnish National Institute for Health and Welfare. https://www.thl.fi"
  • THLFinnish National Institute for Health and Welfare. https://www.thl.fi"
  • ThalidomideThalidomide is a medicine that was developed in the 1950s as a sedative. It was used later against nausea in pregnant women, but this resulted in the birth of about 10,000 infants with deformed limbs, and sometimes with other serious problems such as blindness, deafness, and heart problems.(...)
  • Therapeutic AlternativesTherapeutic alternatives are medicines that are chemically different from the one prescribed (used) but which have the same clinical effect. Therapeutic alternatives are not to be confused with generics.
  • Therapeutic indicationTherapeutic indications are a description of the disease to be treated with a medicine, and the population for which the medicine is intended. They include the specifics about the disease, and restrictions to the patient population such as age, and whether the medicine is intended for symptom(...)
  • Therapeutic vaccinesTherapeutic vaccines introduce antigens associated with an illness to teach the body to fight against a different illness.
  • Time-to-event endpointA time-to-event endpoint is the time taken until a pre-defined event takes place, once groups in a trial start to receive treatment or placebo. There are several kinds of time-to-event endpoints. For example, time-to-progression (TTP) is the time between randomisation of people to groups(...)

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