医薬品

English translation: Pharmaceuticals

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Japanese term or phrase:医薬品
English translation:Pharmaceuticals
Entered by: Harpreet Singh kapula

15:35 Jan 12, 2021
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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Japanese term or phrase: 医薬品
My text: このような、人での効き目や安全性などを調べる研究のことを「臨床試験」といい、その中でも国(厚生労働省)に医薬品として認めてもらうために行う臨床試験を特に「治験」と呼びます。

My issue: 医薬品. Do we translate this here as a drug or a Pharmaceutical drug?

My understanding: This type of research to determine the efficacy and safety of a drug in humans is called a "clinical trial," and clinical trials conducted to have a drug/pharmaceutical drug approved by the government (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) are called "clinical trials.
Harpreet Singh kapula
India
Local time: 21:20
Pharmaceuticals
Explanation:
Word "drugs" includes unnecessary connotations.
In the context of medicine it might be better to use word "pharmaceuticals", or "medicaments".
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Local time: 00:50
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Pharmaceuticals


Explanation:
Word "drugs" includes unnecessary connotations.
In the context of medicine it might be better to use word "pharmaceuticals", or "medicaments".

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