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GEANTS INDUSTRIE PHARMACEUTIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
OBS

The expression "Big Pharma" has often a pejorative connotation, especially when critics refer to all the abuses done by the big pharmaceutical companies.

OBS

Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Tobacco, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques
OBS

Le nom «Big Pharma» a souvent une connotation péjorative, surtout lorsqu'il s'agit des abus faits par les géants de l'industrie pharmaceutique.

Spanish

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