Big Pharma
noun
variants
or less commonly big pharma
: large pharmaceutical companies considered especially as a politically influential group
The Medicare prescription drug benefit enacted in 2003, and scheduled to go into effect in 2006, promises a windfall for big pharma since it forbids the government from negotiating prices.—
Marcia Angell, New York Review of Books, 15 July 2004
Marcia Angell, New York Review of Books, 15 July 2004It's no secret that Big Pharma spends megabucks marketing to physicians.—Anne Underwood, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2007
Anne Underwood, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2007Dictionary Entries Near Big Pharma
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“Big Pharma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Big%20Pharma. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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