: a pharmaceutical company
also
: large pharmaceutical companies as a group
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The Danish pharma giant framed the deals as a way to expand its customer base as the federal government cracks down on compounded versions of Wegovy.
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Kevin Ryan, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Some pharma companies, including Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, already began expanding in the U.S. before Trump took office.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Pockets of Wall Street are still bullish on those pharma stocks after a rough year for the group, however.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
And through it all, animal pharma companies have remained set on further expanding factory farming in the US and around the globe.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 1 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Ryan, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Some pharma companies, including Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, already began expanding in the U.S. before Trump took office.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Pockets of Wall Street are still bullish on those pharma stocks after a rough year for the group, however.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
And through it all, animal pharma companies have remained set on further expanding factory farming in the US and around the globe.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Pharma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharma. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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pharma
noun
phar·ma
ˈfär-mə 
: a pharmaceutical company
But the rate at which pharmas have grown in size pales beside the acceleration of relevant scientific knowledge during the same period.—Science
Science
also
: large pharmaceutical companies as a group
Another issue pharma will face is an even more cost-conscious consumer as a result of insurers continuing to pass on additional costs to their members. —Shaun Urban, Medical Marketing and Media
Shaun Urban, Medical Marketing and Media The Medicare prescription drug benefit enacted in 2003, and scheduled to go into effect in 2006, promises a windfall for big pharma since it forbids the government from negotiating prices. —Marcia Angell, The New York Review of Books
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