CLASS EFFECT

Subject : Science & tech

Context :J&J scientists refute ‘class effect’ to blame for clots in those who got its vaccine

Concept :

Class effect is usually taken to mean similar therapeutic effects and similar adverse effects, both in nature and extent.
Criteria for drugs to be grouped together as a class involve some or all of the following:

Drugs with similar chemical structure

Drugs with similar mechanism of action

Drugs with similar pharmacological effects