big pharma
Noun
Meaning
Big Pharma (uncountable)
Alternative form of big pharma
big pharma (uncountable)
(business, derogatory) Large, prosperous pharmaceutical firms collectively, understood as a business group having significant economic, political, or social influence.
Examples
As Andy looks for the latest immortal, the group’s secret is exposed and they are hunted by a Big Pharma capitalist who wants to unlock the secrets of their genetic code.
Big Pharma might not like it because they won’t get that fat money for some juicy new drug, but that doesn’t interest me.
Big pharma is well aware of the technological arms race taking place in the global healthcare industry.
Holman, Haines, McGuckin and other Holman faction party elites backed shoplifter Kate Gibbs for U.S. Congress and Big Pharma executive Rikin Mehta for U.S. Senate.
Big Pharma rivals Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are also working on vaccines.
Collaborating with Big Pharma to hold off good news about a vaccine is yet another example of Joe Biden’s and the media’s shamelessness.