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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 healthcare segment, which includes investments in clinical and early-stage pharmaceutical companies, reported a loss from operations of $3.3 million, slightly higher than the $3.1 million loss in the previous year.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Options such as hair transplants and pharmaceuticals often come with several negatives: high costs, side effects, or inconsistent outcomes.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Why This Matters Achieving a genuine and practical quantum advantage has enormous implications, from designing better pharmaceuticals and electronics to overturning the encryption schemes upon which national defense and the global financial system depend.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
Trump has floated autos, copper, microchips, pharmaceuticals and lumber, but specifics remain sparse.
—David Goldman, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Options such as hair transplants and pharmaceuticals often come with several negatives: high costs, side effects, or inconsistent outcomes.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Why This Matters Achieving a genuine and practical quantum advantage has enormous implications, from designing better pharmaceuticals and electronics to overturning the encryption schemes upon which national defense and the global financial system depend.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
Trump has floated autos, copper, microchips, pharmaceuticals and lumber, but specifics remain sparse.
—David Goldman, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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The intrigue: Is the rising use of weight-loss drugs causing people to snack less?—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
22 Mar. 2025
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President Claudia Sheinbaum early this month stressed that to stop the flow of drugs into the United States, the U.S. must address gun smuggling.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Later in February, Schreiner posted a video claiming the athlete's running speed became slower after taking medication to increase estrogen.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The unlicensed plastic surgery recovery house next door, common in Miami suburbs There’s no unique license for recovery centers, although their services — including personal care such as bathing and dressing, and helping give prescribed medication — aligns with being an assisted living facility.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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It was also used to season foods, mixed into drinks, combined with medicines, and given as a gift.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes, short-acting tranquilizers can help, but some of these same medicines can also cause sleepwalking.18 When sleepwalking is related to an underlying disorder or medication, treating that condition or switching medications may help.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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Apple cider vinegar is an old remedy that contains acetic acid and other health-promoting compounds.—
Yvelette Stines,
Verywell Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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Capital One and Discover are rebounding from Monday’s decline as investors weigh the possibility of remedies if, in fact, the Department of Justice tries to block the merger.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Join 41 others in the comments View Comments If so, the bar for buying into a cure for a new condition should be raised.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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For billions of people, TB is already a nightmare disease, both because the bacterium is unusually powerful and because world leaders have done a poor job of distributing cures.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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