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
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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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Pia Singh, CNBC, 17 July 2024
As chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has targeted labor practices at major businesses, including Amazon and Starbucks, as well as inflated drug prices at pharmaceutical companies and medical debt incurred from health-care industries.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, the primary pharmaceutical companies making the medications, have skyrocketed in market value, and Novo Nordisk’s has superseded the gross domestic product of the country where it’s based, Denmark.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2024
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Adjective
Johnson & Johnson — Shares gained nearly 4% after the pharmaceutical company posted a top and bottom line beat in the second quarter.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 17 July 2024
As chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has targeted labor practices at major businesses, including Amazon and Starbucks, as well as inflated drug prices at pharmaceutical companies and medical debt incurred from health-care industries.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Noun
Pizza, a New Jersey pharmaceutical executive and major Trump donor, is better known for falsely promoting hydroxychloroquine as a cure for coronavirus.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, the primary pharmaceutical companies making the medications, have skyrocketed in market value, and Novo Nordisk’s has superseded the gross domestic product of the country where it’s based, Denmark.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2024
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharmaceutical. Accessed 27 Jul. 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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