意思的差别应该在standard和reference。
standard:something established as a measure or model to which other similar things should conform.
reference:adjective Referring to a standard or norm noun Medical communication noun 1. A note in an article or publication that refers the reader to another passage or source 2. An entry in a bibliography; a citation of previously published material, which includes author names, title of the article, journal, yr, volume and pages in which it was published
standard的含义应该没有异议,standard drug就是标准药品,即检测某新药功效的参照标准。
按上面的解释,其实reference很多时候指的就是standard,但是如果reference和standard不同的话,那我认为应该就有一种比较的含义在了,比如前人已经研究过的、发过文章说明的就应该是reference drug。
比如前人用标准品A研究了药物B的效果,结果证明B不错。然后,我要研究药物C,就拿了原始参照A,和已经验证过的B一起实验。
那么A就是standard drug,B是reference drug。