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Recent Examples of prescription drug
This led to a spending boom for direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
PBMs manage prescription drug benefits for plan sponsors, wield enormous power over a drug’s market share through utilization control strategies.
—Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Framed as a plan to reduce childhood diseases, the movement seeks to redirect federal health agencies toward investigating vaccine safety, autism, prescription drug use, and environmental factors linked to chronic illness.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The federal agency recommends people who get traditional Medicare should also enroll in Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
PBMs manage prescription drug benefits for plan sponsors, wield enormous power over a drug’s market share through utilization control strategies.
—Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Framed as a plan to reduce childhood diseases, the movement seeks to redirect federal health agencies toward investigating vaccine safety, autism, prescription drug use, and environmental factors linked to chronic illness.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The federal agency recommends people who get traditional Medicare should also enroll in Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
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Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the soft drink was initially sold at pharmacies as a patent medicine.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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The school, which occupied a massive home that patent medicine entrepreneur and Civil War surgeon Col. George G. Green built for his daughter in 1912, was full of intact original details, like decorative tiles in the faculty bathroom, bronze sconces in the hallways and an old intercom system.—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The weight loss rivaled what's seen in people taking the latest costly prescription products, like Ozempic and Wegovy.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Trump said just last week that patented and branded drugs would face 100% levies unless companies build plants domestically.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The initial focus was to build cases against gang bosses on racketeering, terrorism and drug charges and extradite them to the United States.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Half-Mile Farm is also home to Serenity Spa which provides massages and therapies based on botanicals from their garden.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The spa, built between mammoth-sized granite boulders, offers Guerlain rituals infused with native botanicals, while the resort’s five restaurants run the gamut from fine French to Mediterranean, pan-Asian, and Creole comfort food.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
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In some cases, caffeine is made synthetically, as is the case for different types of products, including pain relievers, medicines, and beverages such as energy drinks.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
30 Sep. 2025
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Among the other steps is pursuing tougher price negotiations abroad and adopting models that sell its medicines directly to consumers or businesses.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Taking magnesium at the same time as some other medications (such as antibiotics or bone-strengthening medications called bisphosphonates) can interfere with their absorption.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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This means patients may be able to avoid years of medications, invasive surgeries, or lengthy downtime.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Even the most bullish technologists acknowledge that there are no panaceas and that models come with tradeoffs and limits.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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While rent control may not be the panacea some hope for, observers agree that some measure of government assistance is needed, given the scope of the housing crisis.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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