This is the 7668th most frequent Japanese word.
医薬
"医薬" means "medicine" or "medical drugs."
医薬品 here refers to a medicinal product.
この医薬品は副作用が少ないとされています。
This medicine is considered to have few side effects.
医薬 is used here more broadly to mean the field of medicine and its advancements.
医薬の進歩は人類の健康に貢献しています。
Advancements in medicine contribute to humanity's health.
医薬 in this context represents medicine as a research area.