Alternative form of big pharma [(business, derogatory) Large, prosperous pharmaceutical firms collectively, understood as a business group having significant economic, political, or social influence.]
(US, Australia) A pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.
A company dedicated to the creation of medicines, vaccines and the study of the science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.
Alternative form of pharmacognosy [A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.]
Obsolete form of pharmacology. [(medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.]
Alternative form of pharmacopoeia [(pharmacology) An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.]
obsolete typography of pharmacopoeia [(pharmacology) An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.]
A dystopian scenario wherein medicine and the pharmaceuticals industry have a net detrimental effect on human health and medical progress does more harm than good.
Obsolete form of apothecary. [(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.]
Obsolete form of apothecary. [(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.]
Obsolete form of apothecary. [(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.]
Obsolete form of apothecary. [(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.]
(US, pharmacology) The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., a standard-setting authority that publishes USP-NF standards about pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements.
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