Big Pharma

or big phar·ma

[ big-fahr-muh ]

/ ˈbɪg ˈfɑr mə /

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noun

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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Origin of Big Pharma

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby Big Pharma

big one, bigorexia, bigot, bigoted, bigotry, Big Pharma, big picture, Big Rapids, big road, big-room, Big Sandy Creek

How to use Big Pharma in a sentence

Whenever soldiers come home, big pharma finds new ways to medicate them.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director|Marlow Stern|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the end of Viagra as we know it signals more than just a change in the tides for Big Pharma.
Laughter Will Be the Legacy of Viagra|Samantha Allen|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All the Bigs need their financial cut: Big Insurance and Big Pharma and even Big Hospitals and Big Doctors.
Why U.S. Health Care Is So Expensive and So Pathetic|Kent Sepkowitz|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So you have Big Pharma earning billions off pills that cause addiction, and billions more from pills to treat it.
'Celebrity Rehab' Counselor: Mindy McCready Won't Be the Last|Maer Roshan|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Rather, they revolve around money and government, and big pharma.
Bobby Jindal’s Silly Proposal for Over-the-Counter Birth-Control|Allison Yarrow|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST