pharma

[ fahr-muh ]

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noun

a pharmaceutical company or pharmaceutical companies considered collectively:
He works for pharma.
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.

of or relating to pharmaceutical companies or the pharmaceutical industry:
Pharma reps don't sell directly to doctors.

pharma

/ ˈfɑːmə /

Origin of pharma¹

First recorded in 1990–95; short for pharmaceutical

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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