Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The pharmaceutical industry.

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  • noun Alternative form of big pharma.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From pharma(ceutical).]

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Examples

  • The pharmaceutical companies, what we call Big Pharma, are the wealthiest companies in the world, have unlimited money for public relations, expertise, and public relations experts and they do everything the can to muddy the waters on prescription drug safety, to make their drugs appear more beneficial than they are and less risky than they are and they do very, very expensive lobbying, and they lobby and focus on specific issues at any given time ...

    Accidental Deliberations 2009

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    CounterPunch 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • On the same day the Army report was released, another suicide report which ignores the elephant in the room called Big Pharma was released.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Big Pharma, which is incurring steady losses in the major markets, see the emerging pharma destinations like India as valuable hedges to offset their setbacks.

    DWS Pill Scribe pillscribe 2010

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