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pharmaceutical

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


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The “Achilles’ heel” includes advanced chips, some active pharmaceutical ingredients needed for antibiotics, and high-capacity batteries critical for transportation and defense systems.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Meanwhile, only two sectors have remained bucking this decline, with jobs in chemical and pharmaceutical industries slightly higher since 2019, the report finds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

It is an investment with "a whole bunch of zeros behind the dollars", he says - and one pharmaceutical companies so far have not seen as being profitable.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

As a result of intense lobbying by the branded pharmaceutical industry, patent-term extensions were born in the U.S. in the early 1980s under what is now more commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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