Biopharmaceutical. noun A pharmaceutical inherently biological in nature and manufactured using biotechnology. adjective Relating to biopharmaceuticals, for example, products, technologies, companies or industries. Drug. noun A pharmaceutical inherently chemical (not biological) in nature and manufactured using chemical methods.
Disability Planner: How You Qualify For Social Security Disability Benefits. To qualify for Social Security disability benefits, you must first have worked in jobs covered by Social Security. Then you must have a medical condition that meets Social Security's definition of disability. In general, we pay monthly cash benefits to people who are unable to work for a year or more because of a disability. Benefits usually continue until you are able to work again on a regular basis.
The main difference is that the criteria to obtain Social Security Disability is much higher -- that of total disability. To obtain disability retirement under CSRS or FERS, you must merely be disabled from performing one or more of the essential elements of your particular kind of job. [top]