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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical
To pay for the new expenses, the bill would have eliminated some corporation tax cuts to tech and pharmaceutical industries, made short-term rentals pay the state’s hotel tax, and tightened a tax break for limited liability company owners that pay lower income tax rates.
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J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
The Federal Trade Commission would also be ordered to produce a report on the impacts of foreign investment in the United States’s pharmaceutical industry, in consultation with the Department of Commerce.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Hotel junk fees are still a thing: Here’s how to protect yourself
At the helm of the FTC, Khan has been credited with ushering in a new era of anti-trust regulation, challenging the business models of major corporations in industries ranging from Big Tech to pharmaceuticals.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Kennedy has also threatened to ban direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
The Federal Trade Commission would also be ordered to produce a report on the impacts of foreign investment in the United States’s pharmaceutical industry, in consultation with the Department of Commerce.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Hotel junk fees are still a thing: Here’s how to protect yourself
At the helm of the FTC, Khan has been credited with ushering in a new era of anti-trust regulation, challenging the business models of major corporations in industries ranging from Big Tech to pharmaceuticals.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Kennedy has also threatened to ban direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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Six other people were also arrested and face a litany of charges, including cash transactions involving drug offenses and conspiracy.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Medicare reached agreements to lower prices on 10 drugs.Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Guard member was apologetic as people kept coming up, begging to get medication, clothes and insurance papers from their homes.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Evidence suggests that a combination of medication and counseling is one of the most effective ways to help smokers quit.Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kanna Kanna is a succulent plant from South Africa and is considered traditional medicine that’s been used for hundreds of years.Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Vasquez said he was also contacted by Yancy’s cell mate, who told him that Yancy was not getting his medicine and had seizures while in custody.Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
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McKnight and others have proposed legal reforms that would modernize remedies available to content creators.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Third, policyholders need effective remedies when insurance companies are found to have acted unreasonably.Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Computational biology is not only leading to tremendous discoveries like new brain maps and cures for diseases, but biology is getting a glow up from the results, thanks to Blender tool developers like Brady Johnston and animators like Tyler Sloan.Amy Sterling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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While there is no cure for glaucoma, early detection and treatment might prevent or delay permanent vision loss.Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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