biopharman.
/ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌfɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌfɑrmə/ The production of biopharmaceuticals as a business activity or sector of industry; the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors considered together. Also as a count noun: a biopharmaceutical company.
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1995 Science 17 Nov. 1241/1 Both France and Germany have become key pockets of biopharma.
2001 New Scientist 17 Nov. 66 (advt.) Developing commercial partnerships with biopharma companies, who specialise in developing new cancer drugs.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Jan. b6/2 The company expects to have the factory in commercial production in 2011... This complex gives Bristol-Myers Squibb a chance to become a significant player in biopharma.
2011 D. Dogramatzis Healthcare Biotechnol. xii. 525 The pioneering biopharmas originally outsourced their first biopharmaceuticals to larger big pharma organizations.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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