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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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The Big Story Trump administration nearing pharma tariffs plan
The Trump administration on Monday took a step toward enacting its aims to tariff pharmaceutical imports, disclosing plans to carry out an investigation into the effects on national security of importing certain pharmaceuticals.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
More industry-specific tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors may be on the way.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump has also vowed to impose tariffs on a slew of other industries, including lumber, pharmaceuticals and copper.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
More industry-specific tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors may be on the way.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump has also vowed to impose tariffs on a slew of other industries, including lumber, pharmaceuticals and copper.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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Authorities uncovered drugs, including pink cocaine, as well as evidence of prostitution and multiple firearms during the operation, according to the DEA.—
Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu , Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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These are powerful drugs — antipsychotics, sedatives, sleep aids — each carrying their own risks.—
Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
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Some of the trial’s participants were given a medication called metformin; others were given a placebo.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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There are ways to manage allergy symptoms without taking medications.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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An 'awakening for the Republicans'? Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner, has known Kennedy for almost a decade.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. animal behavior animals medical technology medicine 1 free article left Want More?—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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