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pharmaceutical

[fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuhl] / ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪ kəl /


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Lenacapavir was first developed by US pharmaceutical company Gilead and approved in June 2025 after proving more than 99.9 percent effective in large clinical trials.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced Friday a 23-percent jump in net profit for the third quarter and a new programme aiming for annual savings of $1.5 billion.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Patient-safety and pharmaceutical industry groups criticized the agency for allowing peptides with limited data on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Legally compounded arsenic is still arsenic,” said Shabbir Safdar, executive director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, which represents the interests of the pharmaceutical and pharmacy sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

From his PhD research on Korean pharmaceutical companies, Jim knew that the price of a drug to the public often had little to do with the costs of manufacturing or distributing it.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

When used to identify plastics, pharmaceuticals, coffee, flour, and tea, the spectrometer achieved a 100% classification success rate in the reported tests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

He also mentioned unspecified commitments by the German retail conglomerate Schwarz Group, US investment firm Blackstone, software giant Microsoft and the French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs within asymmetric synthesis that have helped advance the development of modern pharmaceuticals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He said that the best areas of the market during such a drawdown will be traditional defensive plays like food producers and sellers, pharmaceuticals and tobacco.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Tony’s business interests are diverse: waste management, luxury auto exports, pharmaceuticals, etc.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


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