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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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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical
The approach can slash manufacturing costs for pharmaceuticals, fragrances, flavors and other products.
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
President Trump on Friday said the U.S. will impose tariffs on oil and gas imports, likely next month, as well as tariffs on CHIP semiconductor technology and pharmaceuticals eventually.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
Its neighbor Telangana, meanwhile, exhibited its expertise in electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Through the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act allows the HHS secretary to oversee the safety and efficacy of food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics.
—Angela Mattie, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
President Trump on Friday said the U.S. will impose tariffs on oil and gas imports, likely next month, as well as tariffs on CHIP semiconductor technology and pharmaceuticals eventually.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
Its neighbor Telangana, meanwhile, exhibited its expertise in electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Through the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act allows the HHS secretary to oversee the safety and efficacy of food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics.
—Angela Mattie, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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Cartels will only be put out of business by legalizing drugs and immigration, not by declaring war on them.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Behind her was a group of patients who had bused there from a rehab center for drug and alcohol addiction.—
Dan Pompei,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Organizations like Lopez’s help those with the disease access antiretroviral medications needed to reduce the risk of transmission, and give them a chance at a long, healthy life.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
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Either development could be disastrous for the distribution of medication to treat opioid addiction, reversing the gains, however tenuous, made under the Biden administration.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Amgen: Cramer praised the pharmaceutical giant’s drug portfolio, including its cholesterol medicine and cancer treatments.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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No other blood medicine is so certain in its results as Ayers’s Sarsaparilla.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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It is commonly used as a natural remedy for nausea and stomach upset.3 1.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the state Assembly derailed that initial plan, forfeiting the grant, the push for a practical remedy to gridlock never died.—
DJ Gribbin,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Apple Cider Vinegar, which contrasts Gibson with two genuinely ill young women in her orbit who are searching for miracle cancer cures, comes at the crest of the latest wave of scam content.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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All the same, understanding a Morandi still-life is a pesky illusion that may overtake you, the cure for which is looking again, harder.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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