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pharma

/fahr-muh/US // ˈfɑr mə //UK // (ˈfɑːmə) //

医药,药品,制药,医学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pharmaceutical company.
    • : Also called big pharma . pharmaceutical companies, considered collectively: Pharma is expanding into China, hoping to replace local remedies with manufactured drugs.

Examples

  • This younger generation of pharma CEOs is active on social media, which tells us they are not afraid of making their views public.

  • As they did last year, technology companies—either in the IT or biotech and pharma industries—constitute 40% of the top 25.

  • Big pharma companies like to argue that this is the cost of innovation.

  • Rich Gagnon, evp and health and wellness practice lead at Havas Media, said that pharma and health are two categories he’s seen increase spend, with a particular emphasis on targeting healthcare professionals.

  • Well, the pharma industry is certainly stepping up to play their role.

  • Whenever soldiers come home, big pharma finds new ways to medicate them.

  • But the end of Viagra as we know it signals more than just a change in the tides for Big Pharma.

  • The uneasy alliance between Pharma and medical research has also resulted in major scandals.

  • All the Bigs need their financial cut: Big Insurance and Big Pharma and even Big Hospitals and Big Doctors.

  • OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.

  • The appetite-suppressing hormones had been used in the Mexican pharma industry for years.