phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsü-ti-kəl 
: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
a pharmaceutical company
: a medicinal drug
Synonyms
Examples of pharmaceutical in a Sentence
Adjective
lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industry
Noun
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Calvin Rasode, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
Abu Odeh had to chase after overwhelmed doctors, and try to care for her son based on her pharmaceutical training.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Through her father, Sole-Smith belongs to the family that founded H.D. Smith, a national pharmaceutical wholesaler acquired in 2018 by AmerisourceBergen.
—Lisa Miller, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Pryor also took on pharmaceutical firms that were making hefty profits from government contracts.
—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
The traditional anchors would be pharmaceutical, bio and life sciences, tech and telecom and then increasingly, fin-tech.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
The test results are eye-opening and meaningful, said Bruce Blumberg, a professor of developmental cell biology, and pharmaceutical sciences at UC Irvine.
—Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2024
The company’s pharmaceutical unit faired a little better reaching $13.7 billion in sales, slightly outperforming analysts’ expectations of $13.4 billion.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Courtney’s insurance company agreed to pay $35 million to victims, and two pharmaceutical makers paid $71 million in settlements.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Albertina Torsoli, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
But big firms in everything from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods may be wise to look at the unexpected ways their value chains may be wrapped up in reefs.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024
Later that year, the state’s pharmaceutical board filed a civil suit against the company behind Death by Gummies for selling products containing more than 50 times the state’s legal limit for THC.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The focus on Soriot’s pay package, which nearly got voted down in 2021, points to a stark cultural difference between the U.K. and the U.S., where pharmaceutical paychecks make headlines but rarely draw the ire of shareholders.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
China’s commerce minister met with top global executives from technology, finance and pharmaceutical industries ahead of a high-profile business forum in Beijing, in an attempt to boost slowing foreign investment amid geopolitical tensions.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 23 Mar. 2024
Since around that time, the DOJ and FTC have successfully broken up deals in the airline, pharmaceutical and hospitality industries — securing guilty pleas in criminal monopolization cases along the way.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
The company was best known then for manufacturing chemicals, including chlorine, as well as using chemicals in making plastics, pharmaceuticals and supermarket goods like Saran Wrap, Fantastik cleaning liquid and Ziploc bags.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Traditional cannabis consumption methods, such as smoking, are not suitable for pharmaceutical use due to concerns about dose control and delivery.
—Calvin Rasode, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
Abu Odeh had to chase after overwhelmed doctors, and try to care for her son based on her pharmaceutical training.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Through her father, Sole-Smith belongs to the family that founded H.D. Smith, a national pharmaceutical wholesaler acquired in 2018 by AmerisourceBergen.
—Lisa Miller, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Pryor also took on pharmaceutical firms that were making hefty profits from government contracts.
—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
The traditional anchors would be pharmaceutical, bio and life sciences, tech and telecom and then increasingly, fin-tech.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
The test results are eye-opening and meaningful, said Bruce Blumberg, a professor of developmental cell biology, and pharmaceutical sciences at UC Irvine.
—Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2024
The company’s pharmaceutical unit faired a little better reaching $13.7 billion in sales, slightly outperforming analysts’ expectations of $13.4 billion.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Courtney’s insurance company agreed to pay $35 million to victims, and two pharmaceutical makers paid $71 million in settlements.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
The flag bearer Air France-KLM, the symbol of the country’s manufacturing industry Renault SA, the nation’s biggest pharmaceuticals company Sanofi and its troubled tech champion Atos SE that serves the critical nuclear and defense industries are all being helmed by executives who are not French.
—Albertina Torsoli, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
But big firms in everything from pharmaceuticals to consumer goods may be wise to look at the unexpected ways their value chains may be wrapped up in reefs.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024
Later that year, the state’s pharmaceutical board filed a civil suit against the company behind Death by Gummies for selling products containing more than 50 times the state’s legal limit for THC.
—Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The focus on Soriot’s pay package, which nearly got voted down in 2021, points to a stark cultural difference between the U.K. and the U.S., where pharmaceutical paychecks make headlines but rarely draw the ire of shareholders.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
China’s commerce minister met with top global executives from technology, finance and pharmaceutical industries ahead of a high-profile business forum in Beijing, in an attempt to boost slowing foreign investment amid geopolitical tensions.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 23 Mar. 2024
Since around that time, the DOJ and FTC have successfully broken up deals in the airline, pharmaceutical and hospitality industries — securing guilty pleas in criminal monopolization cases along the way.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
The company was best known then for manufacturing chemicals, including chlorine, as well as using chemicals in making plastics, pharmaceuticals and supermarket goods like Saran Wrap, Fantastik cleaning liquid and Ziploc bags.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharmaceutical. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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pharmaceutical
1 of 2 adjective
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsüt-i-kəl
: of, relating to, or involved in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of medicinal drugs
a pharmaceutical company
pharmaceutical
2 of 2 noun
: a drug or preparation used in medicine
Medical Definition
pharmaceutical
1 of 2 adjective
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsüt-i-kəl
variants
also pharmaceutic
: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
a pharmaceutical company
pharmaceutical
2 of 2 noun
variants
also pharmaceutic
: a medicinal drug
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