Big Pharma

or big phar·ma

[ big fahr-muh ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Big Pharma¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Whenever soldiers come home, big pharma finds new ways to medicate them.

From The Daily Beast

But the end of Viagra as we know it signals more than just a change in the tides for Big Pharma.

From The Daily Beast

All the Bigs need their financial cut: Big Insurance and Big Pharma and even Big Hospitals and Big Doctors.

From The Daily Beast

So you have Big Pharma earning billions off pills that cause addiction, and billions more from pills to treat it.

From The Daily Beast

Rather, they revolve around money and government, and big pharma.

From The Daily Beast