Definition von blockbuster drug im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A pharmaceutical product that generates more than a billion dollars of revenue for its owner each year
A blockbuster drug is a drug generating more than $1 billion of revenue for its owner each year. The search for blockbusters has been the foundation of the R&D strategy adopted by big pharmaceutical companies, but this looks set to change. New advances in genomics, and the promise of personalized medicine, are likely to fragment the pharmaceutical market