drugmaker

noun

drug·​mak·​er ˈdrəg-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce drugmaker (audio)
: a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals

Examples of drugmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While the drugmaker is working to resolve the issue, a quick fix is unlikely. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024 While Pfizer seems to be coming down from the pandemic-era revenue highs because of slower sales of its COVID-19 vaccine, the drugmaker's revenues are still higher than before the pandemic with $58.5 billion in revenue for 2023, according to the company's annual financial statement. Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024 The drugmakers notched a significant win in 2022, when another judge dismissed about 50,000 lawsuits making similar claims that had been consolidated in federal court in Florida. CNN, 5 Apr. 2024 The Bassoon variant may one day help drugmakers develop preventive medicines, according to Yeo. TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 The Danish drugmaker is using the results to build its case that cost-conscious insurers should pay for the medicine, which has a list price of about $1,350 per month in the US. Naomi Kresge, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024 The revolution, led by drugmakers Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly & Co., carved open a market that could surpass $100 billion globally by 2030. TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 The drugmaker maintained the Arkansas law improperly forces pharmaceutical companies to supply pharmacies — such as CVS and Walgreens — that technically are not covered by the discount program, known as 340B, according to the lawsuit filed in a federal court. Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Mar. 2024 Pharmaceuticals, Banks Wang held a roundtable with executives from overseas drugmakers including Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. from the US, GSK Plc from the UK and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. from Japan on Saturday. Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 23 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drugmaker was in 1869

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“Drugmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drugmaker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

Medical Definition

drugmaker

noun
drug·​mak·​er ˈdrəg-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce drugmaker (audio)
: a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals
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