Thesaurus results for PHARMACEUTICAL

pharmaceutical

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as in drug

a substance or preparation used to treat disease some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly

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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical India and Canada recently approved their first generic versions of Ozempic, and countries including China, Brazil and South Africa are expected to soon follow, according to Robin Feldman, a pharmaceutical and intellectual property law expert at the University of California Law San Francisco. —

Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 13 May 2026 In pharmaceuticals, an entire industry surrendered piece by piece. —

Ram Charan, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 Despite the controversy around recent drug rejections, the pharmaceutical industry appears wary about a shakeup at the top of the FDA. —

Annika Kim Constantino,angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 May 2026 Sometimes the sources of money get museums in hot water, as has been the case recently with fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmaceutical

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Now, a new study suggests researchers may have found the first drug regimen capable of rapid and sustaining relief from suicidal thoughts across a broad group of patients.

— Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
The quantum engineering of new molecules could lead to better drugs and to batteries that don’t use costly, environmentally damaging commodities such as rare earth elements.

— Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026