drugmaker

noun

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

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Additionally, drugmakers are already required to provide substantial discounts on their drugs in order to participate in the Medicaid program. Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025 Tariffs would be more likely to prompt these drugmakers to pull out of the US market, exacerbating shortages. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025 Trump announced that British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca would invest $50 billion to build manufacturing plants in the New York. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 22 July 2025 But her studies are still small in comparison to drugmakers' previous clinical trials on GLP-1s with thousands of patients. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for drugmaker

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First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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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 Aug. 2025.

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drugmaker

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