drug company
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2.6
- noun
- /drʌg ˈkʌmpəni/
:
empresa farmacéutica
- The new drug company announced the launch of a groundbreaking diabetes medication.
- says a drug company
And I feel strongly that drug companies are just gouging patients who are dying.
- And I feel strongly that drug companies are just gouging patients who are dying.
- This is why you, for the most part, don't see drug companies doing their innovative work in foreign markets.
- You know, it's the only country in the world, I think, except for Australia, where drug companies are allowed to advertise on television.
- Yes, people are so skeptical about this vaccine that the drug companies had to come out and pledge that they're not going to rush things.
- And right now there, there are big drug companies racing to be the first to have a zonulin blocking drug.
- It's invested in war stocks, tobacco stocks, drug companies like you.
- For example, the drug company use toxicity test right?
- There is drug companies that are selling drugs.
- That is a result of of doctors and drug companies unfortunately making bad decisions.
- Dude, antidepressants is invented by drug companies, unlike a Budweiser, by the way.
- You won't give freedom to drug companies charge whatever they wish, but protected by patterns.
Examples
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But for the most part, the drug companies have been on the defensive.
Academic text (2002) -
But there is no need for drug companies to charge such exorbitant prices.
Blog text (5) -
Keep an eye on what the drug companies are up to.
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- Can we partner with a drug company?
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Well, the big drug companies certainly can.
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The big drug companies are always one step behind.
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No drug company does something for nothing.
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Bob Thomas has secretly been talking to a European drug company.
Fiction book (2000) -
The drug companies ensure that higher-priced drugs are used, and the doctors pocket sizeable profits.
Academic text (2002) -
Many doctors are compensated by large drug companies to prescribe expensive name-brand drugs.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
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3.4
A business that finds, makes and sells medicines like pills and vaccines
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5.8
Companies that make and sell medicines
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3.2
A company or person that makes medicines
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Morphology
The meaning 'a company that manufactures and sells pharmaceutical drugs' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'drug' (a medicine) with 'company' (an organization that produces or sells goods). This simple noun-noun compounding follows common cross-linguistic patterns and standard English composition rules, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Drug company combines drug (an old word for 'medicine') and company (a business). So it means a firm that makes and sells medicines.