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Drug product (DP)

A drug product (DP) is the final formulated dosage form of a medicinal product, containing the drug substance combined with excipients, and presented in its final primary packaging ready for clinical use or commercial distribution. Drug product manufacturing encompasses formulation development, fill-finish operations, sterile filtration, lyophilization, labeling, and batch release testing, all conducted under strict cGMP conditions.