Pharmaceutical industry
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The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies can deal in generic and/or brand medications. They are subject to a variety of laws and regulations regarding the patenting, testing and marketing of drugs.
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See also
- Biotechnology
- Big Pharma
- Big Pharma conspiracy theory
- Cautionary and advisory label
- Clinical trial
- Contamination control
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Disease mongering
- Drug development
- Drug design
- Drug discovery
- Generic drug
- Health care system
- List of top selling drugs
- List of pharmaceutical companies
- List of pharmacies
- National pharmaceuticals policy
- NICE
- Orphan drug
- Pharmaceutical marketing
- Pharmaceutical lobby
- Prescription drug prices in the United States
- Use of biotechnology in pharmaceutical manufacturing
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