drugmaker

noun

drug·​mak·​er ˈdrəg-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce drugmaker (audio)
: a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals

Examples of drugmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pfizer shares rose more than 2% in pre-market trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that the activist investor Starboard Value had taken an approximately $1 billion stake in the struggling drugmaker. Ian Mount, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024 The bottom line: The balance of power is shifting back to the brand-name GLP-1 drugmakers. Nathan Bomey, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024 The Biden administration, lawmakers and patient advocates have long criticized the Danish drugmaker for the high list prices of its obesity and diabetes drugs. Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 The Danish drugmaker reported last year that a late-stage study in people who don’t have diabetes showed that the daily pill led to an average weight loss of 15% over 68 weeks, a similar result as seen in trials of Wegovy. Meg Tirrell, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drugmaker 

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Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drugmaker was in 1869

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“Drugmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drugmaker. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

drugmaker

noun
drug·​mak·​er ˈdrəg-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce drugmaker (audio)
: a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals
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