Big Pharma

American  

[big fahr-muh] / ˈbɪg ˈfɑr mə /

Or big pharma

noun

1. pharmaceutical companies considered collectively, especially with reference to their political and commercial influence.

   The article attributes rising medical costs to private healthcare, Big Pharma, and insurance.

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Etymology

Origin of Big Pharma

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Lilly has long been a Wall Street darling, commanding a far higher earnings multiple than its Big Pharma peers.

From Barron's

For Big Pharma, the triumph of developing a new lifesaving blockbuster drug that generates billions in revenue is inevitably followed by the reality that drug patents have an expiration date.

From Barron's

There are more than 200 mRNA clinical trials being conducted by both big pharma firms and new start-ups around the world, many of them in the United States, China and Japan, Pichon said.

From Barron's

The facilities are a quietly purring economic engine, injecting billions in investment, employment and anchoring the tech multinationals which, coupled with big pharma, fund over half of Ireland's corporate-tax take, according to analysts.

From Barron's

He has become one of the Make America Healthy Again movement’s foremost advocates on cable-news programs and at White House press conferences, while also working to reassure drug companies wary of Kennedy’s “Big Pharma” rhetoric and worried about a slowdown in agency approvals.

From The Wall Street Journal