: a pharmaceutical company
also
: large pharmaceutical companies as a group
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This quarter: The pharma giant’s earnings grew by nearly 30% from the year-earlier period, according to LSEG.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
The world’s biggest pharma companies have been attempting to find breakthroughs in obesity treatment to cash in on the booming demand.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 July 2024
Viking is one of many pharma companies racing to break up the current weight loss drug duopoly held by Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy, and Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 25 July 2024
That hasn’t stopped pharma companies from pursuing GIP as a target.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 July 2024
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
The world’s biggest pharma companies have been attempting to find breakthroughs in obesity treatment to cash in on the booming demand.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 July 2024
Viking is one of many pharma companies racing to break up the current weight loss drug duopoly held by Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy, and Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 25 July 2024
That hasn’t stopped pharma companies from pursuing GIP as a target.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 July 2024
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pharma
noun
phar·ma
ˈfär-mə 
: a pharmaceutical company
But the rate at which pharmas have grown in size pales beside the acceleration of relevant scientific knowledge during the same period.—Science
Science
also
: large pharmaceutical companies as a group
Another issue pharma will face is an even more cost-conscious consumer as a result of insurers continuing to pass on additional costs to their members. —Shaun Urban, Medical Marketing and Media
Shaun Urban, Medical Marketing and Media The Medicare prescription drug benefit enacted in 2003, and scheduled to go into effect in 2006, promises a windfall for big pharma since it forbids the government from negotiating prices. —Marcia Angell, The New York Review of Books
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