Pharmaceutical
adjective
Related to the creation, sale, or use of drugs and medicines.
She works for a large pharmaceutical company that produces insulin.
Often appears as...
- pharmaceutical company
- pharmaceutical research
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Technical
noun
A drug or medicine.
The pharmaceuticals required for the treatment are not available in this country.
Often appears as...
- pharmaceutical products
- pharmaceutical sales
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Related to the creation, sale, or use of drugs and medicines.
She works for a large pharmaceutical company that produces insulin.
Often appears as...
- pharmaceutical company
- pharmaceutical research
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A drug or medicine.
The pharmaceuticals required for the treatment are not available in this country.
Often appears as...
- pharmaceutical products
- pharmaceutical sales
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Term
Primarily used within medical and business settings to discuss drug manufacturing and sales.
He attended a seminar on pharmaceutical marketing strategies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Over-the-Counter
Refers to products made by companies, not what you might buy without a prescription at a store.
Prescription medications are a major part of the pharmaceutical industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Implication
Often implies research and development of new drugs and therapies.
She's pioneering pharmaceutical innovation in cancer treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Term
Primarily used within medical and business settings to discuss drug manufacturing and sales.
He attended a seminar on pharmaceutical marketing strategies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Over-the-Counter
Refers to products made by companies, not what you might buy without a prescription at a store.
Prescription medications are a major part of the pharmaceutical industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Implication
Often implies research and development of new drugs and therapies.
She's pioneering pharmaceutical innovation in cancer treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Term
Primarily used within medical and business settings to discuss drug manufacturing and sales.
He attended a seminar on pharmaceutical marketing strategies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Over-the-Counter
Refers to products made by companies, not what you might buy without a prescription at a store.
Prescription medications are a major part of the pharmaceutical industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Implication
Often implies research and development of new drugs and therapies.
She's pioneering pharmaceutical innovation in cancer treatment.
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Ben Goldacre: Battling...
What I find really fascinating is that the pharmaceutical industry uses exactly the same kinds of tricks and devices, but slightly more sophisticated versions of them, in order to distort the evidence they give to doctors and patients, and which we use to make vitally important decisions. So firstly, trials against
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Alzheimer’s Is Not...
This isn't about scientists like me -- it's about you. We need you to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is a disease and that if we try, we can beat it. In the case of other diseases, patients and their families have led the charge for more research and put pressure on governments, the pharmaceutical industry,
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How to stay calm when...
in the world today, you probably even know people who take them. And so you're thinking, "Yeah! Give me the statin." But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for that most doctors don't like talking about, and pharmaceutical companies like talking about even less.
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Peter Attia: What if...
How much better would we be if we treated the cause -- telling people to pay attention when they walk through the living room -- rather than the effect? Getting the cause and the effect right makes all the difference in the world. Getting it wrong, and the pharmaceutical industry
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Fish Pharm PIPE National...
all the pharmaceuticals that we've been prescribed we've taken our ending up in our watersheds and ending up in the wildlife when we certain looking at the results of the amount of medications that are showing up in these fish we thought we do with that and I said well
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How to create a great...
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Collecting Poison for a...
sells venom to pharmaceutical companies and insects to educational establishments this is a thing called a vinegaroon this is a male yeah and right in the back here yeah and they have a gland at the base of the tail that squirts eighty percent acetic acid and
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Should you donate your...
Some have already sold genetic data on to pharmaceutical companies for profit, but that was with their customers consent. However, it raises another if your data goes towards making new drugs, should pharmaceutical companies recognize that contribution
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How can we solve the...
can help prevent disease in the first place. The biggest challenge to all these approaches is funding, which is woefully inadequate across the globe. Antibiotics are so unprofitable that many large pharmaceutical companies
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The game that can give...
pharmaceuticals for treating clinical anxiety and depression. Just 30 minutes of online game play a day was enough to create dramatic boosts in mood and long-term increases in happiness.
Video examples
Ben Goldacre: Battling...
What I find really fascinating is that the pharmaceutical industry uses exactly the same kinds of tricks and devices, but slightly more sophisticated versions of them, in order to distort the evidence they give to doctors and patients, and which we use to make vitally important decisions. So firstly, trials against
Video examples
Alzheimer’s Is Not...
This isn't about scientists like me -- it's about you. We need you to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is a disease and that if we try, we can beat it. In the case of other diseases, patients and their families have led the charge for more research and put pressure on governments, the pharmaceutical industry,
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
in the world today, you probably even know people who take them. And so you're thinking, "Yeah! Give me the statin." But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for that most doctors don't like talking about, and pharmaceutical companies like talking about even less.
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
How much better would we be if we treated the cause -- telling people to pay attention when they walk through the living room -- rather than the effect? Getting the cause and the effect right makes all the difference in the world. Getting it wrong, and the pharmaceutical industry
Video examples
Fish Pharm PIPE National...
all the pharmaceuticals that we've been prescribed we've taken our ending up in our watersheds and ending up in the wildlife when we certain looking at the results of the amount of medications that are showing up in these fish we thought we do with that and I said well
Video examples
How to create a great...
sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the earth's biggest selection of books
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Collecting Poison for a...
sells venom to pharmaceutical companies and insects to educational establishments this is a thing called a vinegaroon this is a male yeah and right in the back here yeah and they have a gland at the base of the tail that squirts eighty percent acetic acid and
Video examples
Should you donate your...
Some have already sold genetic data on to pharmaceutical companies for profit, but that was with their customers consent. However, it raises another if your data goes towards making new drugs, should pharmaceutical companies recognize that contribution
Video examples
How can we solve the...
can help prevent disease in the first place. The biggest challenge to all these approaches is funding, which is woefully inadequate across the globe. Antibiotics are so unprofitable that many large pharmaceutical companies
Video examples
The game that can give...
pharmaceuticals for treating clinical anxiety and depression. Just 30 minutes of online game play a day was enough to create dramatic boosts in mood and long-term increases in happiness.
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Quote examples
Montel Williams
American Entertainer
I'm involved in everything from a nutraceutical company to a pharmaceutical company to a medical device company. My whole world revolves around health, and I feel it's my responsibility, in a way, and I say it this way, and I don't take this lightly.
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Dennis Cardoza
American Politician
Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
The IP standards advanced countries favour typically are designed not to maximise innovation and scientific progress, but to maximise the profits of big pharmaceutical companies and others able to sway trade negotiations.
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Mike Simpson
American Politician
Pharmaceuticals have become an increasingly important part of modern medicine, and our seniors shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford the medicines they need to stay healthy and maintain their independence.
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Marcia Angell
American Editor
The pharmaceutical industry likes to depict itself as a research-based industry, as the source of innovative drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is their incredible PR and their nerve.
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Jack Herer
American Activist
Well, as I understand it, the main supporters are beer companies and the pharmaceutical companies. I'd like them to show me the dead bodies from marijuana. But they can't because there aren't any.
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Carl Lewis
American Athlete
We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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Paul Farmer
American Educator
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.
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Abigail Spanberger
American Politician
The team at VCU is renowned for being at the cutting edge of some of the world's most important, lifesaving medical and pharmaceutical engineering research.
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Brad Stevens
American Coach
When you work in the pharmaceutical industry you realize that there's a lot out of people's control, and there's ways that people can be helped.
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Montel Williams
American Entertainer
I'm involved in everything from a nutraceutical company to a pharmaceutical company to a medical device company. My whole world revolves around health, and I feel it's my responsibility, in a way, and I say it this way, and I don't take this lightly.
Quote examples
Dennis Cardoza
American Politician
Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill.
Quote examples
Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
The IP standards advanced countries favour typically are designed not to maximise innovation and scientific progress, but to maximise the profits of big pharmaceutical companies and others able to sway trade negotiations.
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Mike Simpson
American Politician
Pharmaceuticals have become an increasingly important part of modern medicine, and our seniors shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford the medicines they need to stay healthy and maintain their independence.
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Marcia Angell
American Editor
The pharmaceutical industry likes to depict itself as a research-based industry, as the source of innovative drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is their incredible PR and their nerve.
Quote examples
Jack Herer
American Activist
Well, as I understand it, the main supporters are beer companies and the pharmaceutical companies. I'd like them to show me the dead bodies from marijuana. But they can't because there aren't any.
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Carl Lewis
American Athlete
We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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Paul Farmer
American Educator
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.
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Abigail Spanberger
American Politician
The team at VCU is renowned for being at the cutting edge of some of the world's most important, lifesaving medical and pharmaceutical engineering research.
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Brad Stevens
American Coach
When you work in the pharmaceutical industry you realize that there's a lot out of people's control, and there's ways that people can be helped.
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