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  1. Description, Types, Preparation, & Facts - Britannica

    A pharmaceutical is a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease and for restoring, correcting, or modifying organic functions.

  2. Pharmaceutical industry | Definition, Overview, History ...

    The pharmaceutical industry entails the discovery, development, and manufacture of drugs and medications (pharmaceuticals) by public and private organizations.

  3. Prescription Drug Costs - Encyclopedia Britannica

    4 days ago · Date of Removal: July 13, 2005 Manufacturer: Purdue Pharma Medical Use: narcotic painkiller Cause for Recall: high levels of Palladone could slow or stop breathing or cause …

  4. Drug | Definition, Types, Interactions, Abuse, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 26, 2025 · A drug is any chemical substance that affects the functioning of living things and the organisms (such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses) that infect them.

  5. Procs, Cons, Arguments, & Controversy - Britannica

    Dec 19, 2025 · The vast majority of legal pot businesses are owned by wealthy, white investors. Commercial marijuana is NOT social justice. It’s about Big Tobacco, Pharma and Wall Street …

  6. Sackler family | Brothers, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Opioid …

    Nov 18, 2025 · The Sackler family formerly owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, known for developing the highly addictive drug OxyContin. They gave up control of the …

  7. Bing | Description & History | Britannica Money

    5 days ago · Here are few: Big pharma. The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) is leveraging AI to accelerate drug discovery and development processes. The company used AI machine …

  8. Genetically modified organism (GMO) | Definition, Examples,

    Dec 7, 2025 · Genetically modified organism, organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favor the expression of desired physiological traits or the generation …

  9. The Opioid Crisis | Britannica

    Nov 19, 2024 · Sackler family, American family, former owners of the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. Although the family is well known...

  10. McKinsey & Company | Consulting Firm, Controversies, & Facts

    Nov 20, 2025 · The company also worked with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, throughout the opioid crisis. Sales of the drug had been declining, so McKinsey wrote …