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Pharmaceutical Industry

Also Known As Pharma Industry
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The pharmaceutical industry is a medical industry devoted to discovering, developing, producing and marketing pharmaceutical goods such as medications. These medications are administered to, or self-administered by, patients to cure or prevent disease, or to alleviate the symptoms of illness or injury. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Biotechnology Industry, Industries

Biotechnology underlies much of modern pharmaceutical drug discovery and manufacturing.

Source Wikipedia, Biotechnology
Licensing, Business Models

The source's own history of the pharmaceutical industry describes a discovered compound as patented and licensed to Bayer, which marketed it under the Veronal trade name beginning in 1904, a licensing arrangement dated to the industry's own early history.

Source Wikipedia, Pharmaceutical Industry

Companies In Industry

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikipedia: Actavis
Source Wikidata: Actelion
Source Wikipedia: Allergan
Source Wikipedia: Almirall
Source Wikipedia: Apotex
Source Wikidata: Asahi Kasei Corporation
Source Wikipedia: Aspen Pharmacare

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikipedia: Aurobindo Pharma
Source Wikipedia: Bausch & Lomb
Source Wikidata: Bayer

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikidata: Cencora, Inc.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikipedia: CSPC Pharmaceutical Group

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikidata: Fresenius Medical Care
Source Wikidata: Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikidata: Hefame Group
Source Wikipedia: ICON PLC

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikidata: Organon & Co.
Source Wikipedia: Perrigo
Additional Source Wikipedia, PfizerLead section
Source Wikidata: Polpharma
Source Wikidata: Procter & Gamble
Source Wikidata: Recordati

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

A major pharmaceutical company; classified in the atlas pharmaceutical-industry.

Source Wikidata: WuXi Biologics
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1. Wikipedia, Pharmaceutical Industry
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The pharmaceutical industry is a medical industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods such as medications.
  • History, Mid-1800s-1945 section
    The modern era of the pharmaceutical industry began with local apothecaries that expanded their traditional role of distributing botanical drugs such as morphine and quinine to wholesale manufacture in the mid-1800s.
  • Associated With: Licensing, History section, Barbiturates subsection
    The discovery was patented and licensed to Bayer pharmaceuticals, which marketed the compound under the trade name Veronal as a sleep aid beginning in 1904.
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Wikidata: Pharmaceutical Industry
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Pharmaceutical Industry
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Wikipedia, Pfizer
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Pfizer Inc., Lead section
Quote, Companies In Industry: Pfizer Inc., Lead section
Pfizer develops and produces medication and vaccines for immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology.
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Wikipedia, Biotechnology
WikipediaAssociated With: Biotechnology Industry, Medicine section
Quote, Associated With: Biotechnology Industry, Medicine section
Biotechnology has contributed to the discovery and manufacturing of traditional small molecule pharmaceutical drugs as well as drugs that are the product of biotechnology.
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Wikidata: Recordati
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Recordati, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Recordati, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Perrigo
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Perrigo Company plc, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Perrigo Company plc, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: CSPC Pharmaceutical Group
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: ICON PLC
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: ICON plc, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: ICON plc, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Actavis
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Actavis, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Actavis, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Bausch & Lomb
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Bausch and Lomb, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Bausch and Lomb, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Allergan
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Allergan, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Allergan, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Almirall
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Almirall, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Almirall, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Apotex
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Apotex, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Apotex, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Aspen Pharmacare
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Aspen Pharmacare, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Aspen Pharmacare, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Aurobindo Pharma
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Aurobindo Pharma, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Aurobindo Pharma, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity "Pharmaceutical Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Organon & Co.
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Organon & Co., Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Organon & Co., Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Polpharma
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Polpharma, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Polpharma, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Hefame Group
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Hefame Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Hefame Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Actelion
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Actelion, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Actelion, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Fresenius Medical Care
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Fresenius Medical Care, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Fresenius Medical Care, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Asahi Kasei Corporation
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Asahi Kasei Corporation, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Asahi Kasei Corporation, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: WuXi Biologics
WikidataCompanies In Industry: WuXi Biologics, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: WuXi Biologics, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q507443, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Procter & Gamble
Companies In Industry: Procter & Gamble, Wikidata Q212405View the Source
Wikidata: Bayer
Companies In Industry: Bayer, Wikidata Q152051View the Source
Wikidata: Cencora, Inc.
Companies In Industry: Cencora, Inc., Wikidata Q470156View the Source
Wikidata: Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Companies In Industry: Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Wikidata Q705361View the Source
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