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

    Sep 20, 2025 · The pharmaceutical industry entails the discovery, development, and manufacture of drugs and medications (pharmaceuticals) by public and private organizations.

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

    Oct 13, 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 …

  3. McKinsey & Company | Consulting, Controversy, & Facts | Britannica

    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 proposals with the goal to …

  4. Birth Control - Encyclopedia Britannica

    HRA Pharma announced on July 11, 2022, that the company had submitted to the FDA the first application for an OTC birth control pill in the United States. Specifically, the application asked …

  5. Dilip Shanghvi | Biography & Facts | Britannica Money

    The son of a wholesale drug distributor, Shanghvi launched Sun Pharma soon after graduating (1982) from the University of Calcutta with a bachelor’s degree in commerce.

  6. Prescription Drug Costs - Encyclopedia Britannica

    There are many other free market options that Big Pharma would probably support that would boost supplies of drugs and improve access to them. Chief among them is getting more drugs …

  7. Prescription Drug Costs - FDA-Approved Prescription Drugs Later …

    Melissa Pistilli, “10 Top Pharma Companies by Revenue,” investingnews.com, December 09, 2021 Drug Discovery & Development, “Pharma 50: The 50 Largest Pharmaceutical …

  8. History, Products, Acquisition, & Facts - Britannica Money

    Monsanto, American corporation that was a leading producer of chemical, agricultural, and biochemical...

  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. Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, & Facts - Britannica Money

    Like most “big pharma” companies, AstraZeneca’s future depends on its ability to: Maintain a pipeline of new and improved treatments in order to manage its revenue streams as patents …