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medicaments

noun

plural of medicament

as in drugs

a substance or preparation used to treat disease in the 19th century a physician's bag of medicaments most likely included powerful opiates

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Recent Examples of medicaments Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 May 2026

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That would be news to Big Pharma, which has invested billions developing wildly popular obesity drugs, not to mention the decades of public-health campaigns devoted to diet, exercise and weight loss.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Still, for patients and healthcare providers alike, easing access to obesity drugs is a welcome move, particularly in light of the fact that statutory rules written in 2006 have long precluded Medicare from covering weight-loss medications.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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The cost of daily life in Lake Stevens, Washington – fuel, groceries, medications and children’s formula – has added up.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The defense has their own expert witnesses set to testify, setting up the two sides to present conflicting arguments over Lindsay Clancy’s mental state, her medications, and postpartum psychosis.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

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In March, BioNTech announced that Sahin and his cofounder and wife Özlem Türeci, the company’s chief medical officer, would depart the company to lead a new biotech focused on developing mRNA medicines.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026
The only comparable case in the last three years involved Los Nogales, a restaurant in Meeker, which allegedly dispensed antibiotics and non-narcotic cough medicines.

— Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026

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Once entered, creditors may pursue a range of remedies that vary by jurisdiction, including liens, garnishments, turnover orders and, in many states, charging orders against partnership or LLC interests.

— Caroline Farah Lembck, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The data-sharing measure broadly echoes remedies ordered in the US search antitrust case, where Google was instructed to share valuable search information with rivals that could help boost their ability to compete.

— Robert Hart, The Verge, 16 July 2026

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