drugmaker

noun

drug·mak·er ˈdrəg-ˌmā-kər

: a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The United States’ brawl with Gilead Sciences over ownership of an anti-HIV regimen will go to trial Tuesday, marking one of the government’s most muscular efforts to enforce its patents against a major drugmaker in recent years. —

Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 May 2023 Fox said there is no legal requirement for drugmakers to update the public. —

Tom Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023 Weight-loss drugmakers are lobbying Congress to grant them access to a monster payday for their blockbuster treatments: Medicare coverage. —

Liz Essley Whyte, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023 The drugmaker cut its 2022 revenue outlook, citing unfavorable foreign exchange rates. —

Charley Grant, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022 Pharmacy benefit managers are companies that act as middlemen between insurers, pharmacies and drugmakers. —

Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023 Drug negotiations are confidential, and drugmakers have a long history of finding creative ways to get around such commitments, said Ameet Sarpatwari, an expert in pharmaceutical policy at Harvard Medical School. —

Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023 The next step would be chemotherapy, but drugmakers haven’t made much progress in developing therapies that are able to cross the blood-brain barrier, a structure that protects the brain from unsavory particles floating around the bloodstream. —

Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 12 May 2023 And drugmakers use them to determine chemical structures of potential new medications. —

Carmen Drahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023 See More

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