Pharmaceutical industry

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004855",
  "term": "Pharmaceutical industry",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "That segment of commercial enterprise devoted to the design, development, and manufacture of chemical products for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, disability, or other dysfunction, or to improve function.",
  "synonyms": [
    "drug industry"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "industry",
    "drugs",
    "biopharmaceutical industry"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2016",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "industria farmacéutica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pharmaceutical-industry/"
}