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pharma
[ fahr-muh ]
noun
- a pharmaceutical company or pharmaceutical companies considered collectively:
He works for pharma.
Pharma is expanding into China, hoping to replace local remedies with manufactured drugs.
adjective
- of or relating to pharmaceutical companies or the pharmaceutical industry:
Pharma reps don't sell directly to doctors.
pharma
/ ˈfɑːmə /
noun
- pharmaceutical companies when considered together as an industry
Word History and Origins
Origin of pharma1
Example Sentences
But he has also adopted positions with popular support, scrutinising the use of food additives and urging that the power of big pharma be curbed.
The coalition government had agreed not to call an election until the Finance Bill had passed, enacting tax cuts which capitalised on surplus corporation tax incomes from global tech and pharma groups.
“They’re negotiated to a price that is affordable for patients, but also allows for plenty of pharma profit,” Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs, said at the press conference Wednesday.
“By filing bogus patent listings, pharma companies block competition and inflate the cost of prescription drugs, forcing Americans to pay sky-high prices for medicines they rely on,” said FTC Chair Lina Khan, in a statement.
“I also want to end tax breaks for big pharma, big oil, private jets, massive executive pay,” he told Congress.
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