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cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, physic, remedy, specific
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some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctlyRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Half of America’s top 20 largest charities are co-pay charities owned by pharmaceutical companies. — The Economist, "Why America’s biggest charities are owned by pharmaceutical companies," 13 Aug. 2019 In response to Ohio's opioid addiction and overdose crisis, Whaley led the city in filing a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies, opioid drug distributors and physicians in 2017, Cleveland.com reported. — Kristin Lam, Cincinnati.com, "Who is Nan Whaley? Dayton mayor rises with criticism of President Trump," 7 Aug. 2019 The intense scrutiny of the opioid industry has brought to the forefront pharmaceutical companies such as SpecGx LLC, which produced nearly half the pills that went to Oregon, and the McKesson Corporation, which delivered nearly a third of them. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon opioid epidemic: Pills flooded the state as overdoses climbed, unsealed data show," 2 Aug. 2019 Pfizer, the country's largest drugmaker, is creating a hybrid new drug company by combining its off-patent branded drug business with the generic pharmaceutical company Mylan. — Linda A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Pfizer to merge its off-patent drug business with EpiPen maker Mylan to create a generic giant," 29 July 2019 Many pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying drugs to the government for executions, but death penalty opponents say there are ways for the government to find workarounds. — Josiah Bates, Time, "Why the Justice Department's Plan to Use a Single Drug for Lethal Injections Is Controversial," 29 July 2019 Pfizer, the country’s largest drugmaker, will absorb the generic pharmaceutical company Mylan, potentially creating a global generic powerhouse. — Linda A. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, "Pfizer to absorb Mylan, creating generic giant," 29 July 2019 Over the past decade, pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. and the European Union imposed an embargo on selling drugs for use in executions. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "We Are All Executioners Now," 25 July 2019 The measure notes that governments across the country have filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and distributors as opioid addiction and overdoses have claimed lives across the nation. — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Common Council measure would allow city attorney to sue opioid makers, distributors," 22 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The young man, who said his name was Charles, criticized Booker for, in the past, taking money from the pharmaceutical industry. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "Cory Booker Tries to Meet the Moral Moment," 8 Aug. 2019 In an indication of how complicated settlement talks will be, local governments are pressing to set up their own negotiating class to represent more than 24,000 cities and counties to work a separate deal with the pharmaceutical industry. — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, "McKesson, AmerisourceBergen among opiod distributors proposing $10 billion payment to settle state claims," 6 Aug. 2019 But the news that a drugmaker had manipulated or mishandled data is an unsettling moment for the pharmaceutical industry. — Katie Thomas, New York Times, "Novartis Hid Manipulated Data While Seeking Approval for $2.1 Million Treatment," 6 Aug. 2019 This latter part of the bill is drawing intense criticism from several Republicans and the pharmaceutical industry. — Walecia Konrad, CBS News, "Wondering why health-care costs are so high? Blame it on the drugs," 2 Aug. 2019 It was brought into being by the pharmaceutical industry, including Defendants. — Wayne Drash, CNN, "Oklahoma urges judge in historic opioid case to deliver $17.2 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson," 1 Aug. 2019 The pharmaceutical industry fought Florida’s importation plan, blitzing the airwaves with ads opposing the bill. — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, "Florida’s prescription drug import plan — and Gov. Ron DeSantis — get major boost from Donald Trump," 31 July 2019 Second, pharmaceutical manufacturers can’t charge Medicaid more than their lowest sales price. — Roger D. Klein, WSJ, "Price Drugs According to What They Do," 8 Jan. 2019 Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, said U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers have distribution policies that prohibit the sale of their medicines for non-therapeutic uses. — James Nord, Fox News, "South Dakota sets execution for man in prison guard's death," 9 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pharmaceutical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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