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- adjective informal Not of or pertaining to the
pharmaceutical industry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The investment bank speculated that Pfizer may shed not only its nonpharma assets, including consumer health, but also its generics business.
Dow Falls 51.24 Points, Paring Bigger Loss Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2011
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"We want to accelerate the growth of the nonpharma businesses," he told analysts on a conference call.
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Among the nonpharma products DuPont is developing are conductive pastes and films for photovoltaic cells, and enhancements to its Nafion line of membranes for fuel cells.
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While active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) have always been a fast-growing component of the specialties area (about 5% annually), there are some nonpharma specialties with growth rates exceeding those of APIs (see chart).
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