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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pharma¹

First recorded in 1990–95; short for pharmaceutical

Example Sentences

They remain overweight on tech media and telecom, utilities and defense, and expect banks and pharma to further outperform, though are neutral on broader financials and healthcare.

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Some experts have called for pharma firms to make cheap generic versions -- which research shows can be produced for $4 a month -- available in poorer nations where they could save the most lives.

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Do any European pharma companies benefit specifically from collaborations with Chinese companies?

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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.

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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.

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