pharma
Americannoun
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a pharmaceutical company or pharmaceutical companies considered collectively.
He works for pharma.
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Usually pharmaceutical companies considered collectively, especially with reference to their political and commercial influence.
Pharma is expanding into China, hoping to replace local remedies with manufactured drugs.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of pharma
First recorded in 1990–95; short for pharmaceutical
Example Sentences
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According to a White House fact sheet, exemptions remain for sectors that are under separate probes, including pharma, and goods entering the US under the US-Mexico-Canada agreement.
From Barron's
The AI chip maker’s exit, disclosed in its 13-F filing, initially hit the pharma company’s shares—Recursion stock was 14% down for the day at one point before recovering to close 2% higher.
From Barron's
Areas of real-world AI include pharma, semiconductors, energy and financial services—four sectors that represent more than $25 trillion of global economic output and that thrive on numbers and equations, not language.
The Swiss pharma major said Friday that phase 3 trials showed Vanrafia improved filtration rates.
Yet the obesity market has turned traditional pharma economics upside down.
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