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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
Yusuf Hamied

Meaning of "pharma" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHARMA

pharma  [ˈfɑːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHARMA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pharma is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHARMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pharma

Pharma may be an abbreviation for: ▪ Pharmaceutical industry ▪ Pharmaceutical drug ▪ Pharmacology ▪ Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America...

Definition of pharma in the English dictionary

The definition of pharma in the dictionary is pharmaceutical companies when considered together as an industry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHARMA


armor
ˈɑːmə
armour
ˈɑːmə
cama
ˈkɑːmə
dharma
ˈdɑːmə
drama
ˈdrɑːmə
farmer
ˈfɑːmə
Gama
ˈɡɑːmə
karma
ˈkɑːmə
lama
ˈlɑːmə
llama
ˈlɑːmə
mamma
ˈmɑːmə
Nama
ˈnɑːmə
nonfarmer
ˌnɒnˈfɑːmə
Obama
əʊˈbɑːmə
palmer
ˈpɑːmə
panorama
ˌpænəˈrɑːmə
Rama
ˈrɑːmə
Samar
ˈsɑːmə
sharefarmer
ˈʃɛəˌfɑːmə
Yokohama
ˌjəʊkəʊˈhɑːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHARMA

pharm.
pharmaceutic
pharmaceutical
pharmaceutically
pharmaceuticals company
pharmaceutics
pharmaceutist
pharmacies
pharmacist
pharmacodynamic
pharmacodynamics
pharmacogenomic
pharmacogenomics
pharmacognosist
pharmacognostic
pharmacognosy
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetically
pharmacokineticist
pharmacokinetics

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHARMA

adharma
Bodhidharma
Burma
derma
herma
hypoderma
kerma
korma
leucoderma
leukoderma
Norma
Parma
pro forma
pyoderma
qorma
Sanatana Dharma
scleroderma
terra firma
xeroderma

Synonyms and antonyms of pharma in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pharma» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHARMA

Find out the translation of pharma to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pharma from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pharma» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

制药
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pharma
570 millions of speakers

English

pharma
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फार्मा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فارما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фарма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pharma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফার্মা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pharma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pharma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pharma
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

製薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pharma
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dược phẩm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்மா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फार्मा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pharma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pharma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фарма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pharma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pharma
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pharma
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pharma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pharma
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pharma

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHARMA»

The term «pharma» is very widely used and occupies the 11.491 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHARMA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pharma

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3 QUOTES WITH «PHARMA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pharma.
1
Willow Bay
The 'science' behind hormone replacement therapy has put women on a medically engineered, press-fueled, big pharma funded roller coaster ride.
2
Yusuf Hamied
If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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Yusuf Hamied
Patients are becoming aware that they're being taken for a ride by big pharma companies. They charge high prices and have never cared for India's healthcare. There are 23 million cases of cancer every year and India has a fair share of that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHARMA»

Discover the use of pharma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pharma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
There are five cheap, easy things we can do to fix the problem. Bad Pharma takes a big dirty secret out into the open, and will provide a single focus for concerns people have both inside and outside medicine.
Ben Goldacre, 2013
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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
With Goldacre’s characteristic flair and a forensic attention to detail, Bad Pharma reveals a shockingly broken system and calls for regulation. This is the pharmaceutical industry as it has never been seen before.
Ben Goldacre, 2013
3
Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control ...
Jacky Law takes a close look at the pharmaceutical medicine business and how it has developed since the 1970s.
Jacky Law, 2006
4
Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, And How We Can Fix It
Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying mess. ***Now updated with the latest government responses to the book***
Ben Goldacre, 2012
5
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the questionable science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases, and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further: out of the bullshit, he shows us the fascinating story of how we ...
Ben Goldacre, 2010
6
The Future of Pharma: Evolutionary Threats and Opportunities
The Future of Pharma examines the causes of the industry's potential decline and offers a convincing and rigorous analysis of the options open to it.
Dr Brian D Smith, 2012
7
The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma
IN THE ANTIDOTE, Barry Werth draws upon unprecedented inside reporting spanning more than two decades to provide a groundbreaking closeup of the upstart pharmaceutical company Vertex and the ferocious but indispensable world of Big Pharma ...
Barry Werth, 2014
8
Drug Truths: Dispelling the Myths About Pharma R & D
Divided into four parts, this book dispels common misconceptions, helping you arrive at your own informed conclusions: Part One, A Matter of the Heart Part Two, The Role of Pharmaceutical R&D in Healthcare Part Three, The Profit Motive Part ...
John L. LaMattina, 2012
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From Pharma to Device Sales: A Pocket Guide for ...
This book will provide all these answers and much more! From Pharma to Device Sales is a unique, concise and inspirational book. Whatever stage you are at in your pharma career, this is a must read.
Samuel D. Lamptey, 2011
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Healthcare Investing: Profiting from the New World of ...
According to Miller Tabak + Co.'s health care strategist Les Funtleyder, major structural renovations to the system are imminent. “Health care is entering an era of reform,” Funtleyder writes, “and with reform comes change and the ...
Les Funtleyder, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHARMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pharma is used in the context of the following news items.
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After a profit warning, Sun Pharma seeks to tap global debt market to …
Triple-A rated (domestically) Sun Pharma is likely to receive investment or triple-B (negative) grade for its overseas issuance, which is equal to ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
Teva Pharma (TEVA) Nears Deal to Acquire Allergan's (AGN …
Israel-based drug maker Teva Pharma (NYSE: TEVA) is in talks to acquire Allergan's (NYSE: AGN) generic-drug business, the Wall Street ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
3
FY16 not a good year for large drug makers; prefer midcap pharma
ET Now: A set of disappointments came in from the pharma pack last week. It was the one sector where you were bullish on. But now, it is the ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
4
Dealers say: Torrent Pharma, Havells, Cipla, Tata Motors
Check out what dealers say about Torrent Pharma, Havells, Cipla and Tata Motors stocks as the markets are turning out to be very choppy. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
5
SBI MF picks pharma, oil&gas, sells banking, IT
SJVN, Federal Bank and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries were the top buys, while GMR Infrastructure, United Bank of India and ICICI Bank were ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
6
FDA looks for more scientific evidence on Sunesis Pharma most …
Sunesis Prescription drugs Inc. probably wishes which Friday in no way happened. The group was at this point an incredibly theoretical ... «Empire State Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Doctors Protest Big Pharma's Out of Control Greed Which is …
Americans diagnosed with cancer are at risk of losing their life savings because cancer drug costs are escalating almost as fast as the worst ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
8
Centre to set up Rs.500-cr pharma upgradation fund
The government will be setting up a Rs.500-crore fund for small and medium players in the pharmaceutical sector for upgradation of their ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Lupin on buying spree; to acquire Germany-based Temmler …
A day after announcing its biggest acquisition deal of US $880 million, Lupin on Friday said it will buy Germany-based Temmler Pharma's ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Patheon sells chemicals sites to focus on pharma ahead of IPO
In addition to supplying the pharmaceutical sector, the Capua facility also ships to the food, feed, pharma, agrochemical and fine chemical ... «OutSourcing-Pharma.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pharma [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pharma>. Apr 2024 ».
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