pharmaceutical industry

develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceuticals licensed for use as medications
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pharmaceutical industry

Summary

pharmaceutical industry is a type of industry[1]. It draws 2,005 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_industry category, ranking #5 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • pharmaceutical industry's field of work was pharmaceutical manufacturing[3].
  • pharmaceutical industry's field of work was drug development[4].
  • pharmaceutical industry's field of work was pharmaceutical sciences[5].
  • pharmaceutical industry's field of work was pharmaceutical marketing[6].
  • pharmaceutical industry's instance of is recorded as type of industry[7].
  • pharmaceutical industry is a type of industry[8].
  • pharmaceutical industry's Commons category is recorded as Pharmaceutical industry[9].
  • pharmaceutical industry's said to be the same as is recorded as Big Pharma[10].
  • pharmaceutical industry comprises pharmaceutical company[11].
  • pharmaceutical industry comprises clinical research[12].
  • pharmaceutical industry comprises pharmaceuticals wholesales[13].
  • pharmaceutical industry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pharmaceutical industry[14].
  • pharmaceutical industry's product or material produced is recorded as medication[15].
  • pharmaceutical industry's product or material produced is recorded as pharmaceutical product[16].
  • pharmaceutical industry's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pharma'}[17].
  • pharmaceutical industry's different from is recorded as manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations[18].
  • pharmaceutical industry's has list is recorded as list of pharmaceutical companies[19].
  • pharmaceutical industry's has list is recorded as list of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation[20].
  • pharmaceutical industry's has list is recorded as list of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United Kingdom[21].

Body

Definition and Type

pharmaceutical industry's instance of is recorded as type of industry[7]. It is a type of industry[8].

Use and Application

Components include pharmaceutical company[11]; clinical research[12], an academic discipline[22]; and pharmaceuticals wholesales[13], an economic activity[23].

Why It Matters

pharmaceutical industry draws 2,005 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_industry category, ranking #5 of 34).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list list of pharmaceutical companies, list of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation, list of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United Kingdom
    Different from manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
    Said to be the same as Big Pharma
    Subclass of
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11187, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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