1. any substance or combination of substances presented as having properties for treating or preventing disease in human beings; 2. any substance or combination of substances that may be used in or administered to human beings with a view either to restoring, correcting, or modifying physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic action, or to making a medical diagnosis.
Thus there is a clear definition of medicinal product that echoes the previous findings above. Authors were curious about the data that they would find regarding its counterpart, the ‘medicinal brand’.