drugmaker
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- noun
- /ˈdrʌɡˌmeɪkər/
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fabricante de medicamentos
- The largest U.S. criminal fine ever was a $1.3 billion payment by drugmaker Pfizer in 2009, part of a $2.3 billion settlement in a case involving the misbranding of Bextra, an anti-inflammatory arthritis drug.
- generic drugmaker
- Drugmakers say
- large drugmakers
Examples
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Several drugmakers are collaborating to develop a vaccine for the recent outbreak.
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Drugmakers argue the coupons save money by preventing health problems that occur when patients cannot afford prescribed medications.
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Drugmakers say the coupons help Americans get the medicine they need.
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Other major drugmakers like Sanofi, which has a significant presence in Africa, are also adopting "tiered
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The meeting occurred as Gingrich was building the Center for Health Transformation, which was seeking financing from drugmakers.
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Substandard APIs will be made as long as drugmakers continue to buy them, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced recently that it has stopped using Avastin, produced by drugmaker Roche, to treat a sight-robbing eye disease as it looks into reports of increased risk of infection, according to a Reuters report.
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Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announces in another magazine that it offers discount coupons for the popular inhaler, Advair.
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An article by Bloomberg quotes Faustman explaining that she tried to get funding from every major drugmaker, but they all told her there wasn't enough money to be made in a cure that used a generic and inexpensive vaccine.
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March 2001: The FTC charged Schering-Plough and two other drugmakers with conspiring to manipulate the price of the potassium supplement K-Dur20.
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Synonyms
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A company that makes and sells medicines like vaccines and pills
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A business that finds, makes and sells medicines like pills and vaccines
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Companies that make and sell medicines
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Morphology
Etymology
Drugmaker is simply the two words drug and maker; a drug is a 'medicine' or something used for health, and a maker is someone who 'makes' things, so a drugmaker is a company or person that makes medicines.