phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsü-ti-kəl 
: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
a pharmaceutical company
: a medicinal drug
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Examples of pharmaceutical in a Sentence
Adjective
lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industry
Noun
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Matty's objective: to find evidence that the firm covered up the fact that an opioid manufactured by one of their pharmaceutical giant clients was highly addictive, thereby contributing to her daughter's death by opioid overdose.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
Sicko examines the American health insurance and pharmaceutical industry.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Within bioprocessing, large pharmaceutical customers are one part of the business equation.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Matty's objective: to find evidence that the firm covered up the fact that an opioid manufactured by one of their pharmaceutical giant clients was highly addictive, thereby contributing to her daughter's death by opioid overdose.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
Some of those policy proposals take direct aim at the pharmaceutical industry, including reforming the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, and reviewing direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical ad guidelines.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
Sicko examines the American health insurance and pharmaceutical industry.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharmaceutical. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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pharmaceutical
1 of 2 adjective
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsüt-i-kəl
: of, relating to, or involved in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of medicinal drugs
a pharmaceutical company
pharmaceutical
2 of 2 noun
: a drug or preparation used in medicine
Medical Definition
pharmaceutical
1 of 2 adjective
phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
ˌfär-mə-ˈsüt-i-kəl
variants
also pharmaceutic
: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
a pharmaceutical company
pharmaceutical
2 of 2 noun
variants
also pharmaceutic
: a medicinal drug
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