What does Pharmaceutical mean?

Definitions for Pharmaceutical
ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪ kəlphar·ma·ceu·ti·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticadjective

    drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

  2. pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticadjective

    of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

    "the pharmaceutical industry"

  3. pharmaceuticaladjective

    of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment

Wiktionary

  1. pharmaceuticalnoun

    A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

  2. pharmaceuticaladjective

    of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutickadjective

    Relating to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or preparation of medicines.

    Etymology: φαϱμαϰευτιϰὸς, from φαϱμαϰεύω.

Wikipedia

  1. pharmaceutical

    A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management. Drugs are classified in multiple ways. One of the key divisions is by level of control, which distinguishes prescription drugs (those that a pharmacist dispenses only on the order of a physician, physician assistant, or qualified nurse) from over-the-counter drugs (those that consumers can order for themselves). Another key distinction is between traditional small molecule drugs, usually derived from chemical synthesis, and biopharmaceuticals, which include recombinant proteins, vaccines, blood products used therapeutically (such as IVIG), gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies and cell therapy (for instance, stem cell therapies). Other ways to classify medicines are by mode of action, route of administration, biological system affected, or therapeutic effects. An elaborate and widely used classification system is the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System. The World Health Organization keeps a list of essential medicines. Drug discovery and drug development are complex and expensive endeavors undertaken by pharmaceutical companies, academic scientists, and governments. As a result of this complex path from discovery to commercialization, partnering has become a standard practice for advancing drug candidates through development pipelines. Governments generally regulate what drugs can be marketed, how drugs are marketed, and in some jurisdictions, drug pricing. Controversies have arisen over drug pricing and disposal of used drugs.

ChatGPT

  1. pharmaceutical

    Pharmaceutical refers to products or substances developed for use in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment or cure of diseases or ailments in humans or animals. These products or substances are most often developed, manufactured, distributed, and regulated within the pharmaceutical industry and include drugs, vaccines, or other medicinal products. The term can also describe the study of drug therapy or the functional work done within the pharmaceutical field, such as drug discovery, testing, and manufacturing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pharmaceuticaladjective

    of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations

  2. Etymology: [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. farmakeytiko`s, fr. farmakey`ein: cf. F. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pharmaceutical in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pharmaceutical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pharmaceutical in a Sentence

  1. Scott Gottlieb:

    Our ongoing effort has determined that the impurities may be generated by specific chemical reactions in the manufacturing process of the drug's active pharmaceutical ingredients. FDA scientists have developed novel and sophisticated testing methods specifically designed to detect and measure N-Nitrosodimethylamine( NDMA) and N-Nitrosodiethylamine( NDEA) impurities in ARB medicines. Because of the potential for discovering other nitrosamine impurities, we are conducting an extensive organic chemistry analysis to develop novel testing methods to detect additional nitrosamine impurities, including NMBA.

  2. John Ryan:

    European Union do have an issue of supply chains because of the situation in China and also the decision which was made yesterday by India respect in respect of their pharmaceutical products and ingredients.

  3. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell:

    This proposal is being strongly pushed by the pharmaceutical companies, but it has been rejected by international organizations ... because there is no scientific evidence indicating the need for booster shots.

  4. Brad Beckworth:

    They didn't get here from a Mexican cartel, they got here from the pharmaceutical cartel, and the kingpin of them all is Johnson & Johnson.

  5. Tony Butler:

    Most pharmaceutical companies have cut fat over the past years and my sense is what it implies is they can cut some extra fat.

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