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DRUG COMPANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drug company mean?
• DRUG COMPANY (noun)
The noun DRUG COMPANY has 1 sense:
1. a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals
Familiarity information: DRUG COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
drug company; pharma; pharmaceutical company
Hypernyms ("drug company" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
Context examples
The drug company Sanofi produced the last batch of its effective anti-venom in 2014.
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