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pharma

[ fahr-muh ]

noun

  1. a pharmaceutical company or pharmaceutical companies considered collectively:

    He works for pharma.

  2. 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

  1. of or relating to pharmaceutical companies or the pharmaceutical industry:

    Pharma reps don't sell directly to doctors.

pharma

/ ˈfɑːmə /

noun

  1. pharmaceutical companies when considered together as an industry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharma1

First recorded in 1990–95; short for pharmaceutical
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Example Sentences

This younger generation of pharma CEOs is active on social media, which tells us they are not afraid of making their views public.

From Fortune

As they did last year, technology companies—either in the IT or biotech and pharma industries—constitute 40% of the top 25.

From Fortune

Big pharma companies like to argue that this is the cost of innovation.

From Fortune

Rich Gagnon, evp and health and wellness practice lead at Havas Media, said that pharma and health are two categories he’s seen increase spend, with a particular emphasis on targeting healthcare professionals.

From Digiday

Well, the pharma industry is certainly stepping up to play their role.

From Fortune

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

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

The uneasy alliance between Pharma and medical research has also resulted in major scandals.

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

OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.

The appetite-suppressing hormones had been used in the Mexican pharma industry for years.

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