Definition of "pharma" []

• The pharmaceutical or drug-making sector. (noun)

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• "In fact, what's limiting in pharma is not the number of promising targets from academia ... its the ability to figure out which tiny fraction of these will actually become real drug targets."
• "So as you know, we have our own pharma, what we call pharma 1, force of 360 reps, who call on physicians."
• "He's planning forays into new ventures, and his remaining businesses in pharma, drug discovery and glass are ripe for expansion."