pharmaceutical company

Thân thiện

A pharmaceutical company develops new medicines in its research laboratory.

Definition

Noun: A business organization engaged in the research, development, production, and marketing of medicinal drugs.

Usage

This term refers specifically to a commercial entity whose primary business is creating and selling pharmaceutical products, which are substances intended for use in medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Examples

• The pharmaceutical company announced promising results from its latest clinical trial for a new cancer treatment.
• Several major pharmaceutical companies are investing heavily in research for rare diseases.
• Regulatory agencies closely monitor the safety practices of every pharmaceutical company.

Advanced Usage

• "Big Pharma": An informal, often critical, collective term for the world's largest and most influential pharmaceutical companies.
  • The documentary examined the pricing strategies of Big Pharma.

Variants and Related Words

• Drug company: A common synonym.
  • The merger created one of the world's largest drug companies.
• Pharma (informal): A shortened form used in industry contexts.
  • He has worked in pharma for over twenty years.
• Pharmaceutical firm: A formal synonym.
• Biopharmaceutical company: A company that develops pharmaceuticals derived from biological sources.

Synonyms

• Drug manufacturer
• Pharma corporation
• Medicinal products company

Học thuật

Noun

1. a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals

Từ đồng nghĩa

• drug company
• pharma