What is "big pharma"

n. (alternative form of big pharma English)

Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness is a 2006 book by British journalist Jacky Law. The book examines how major pharmaceutical companies determine which health care problems are publicised and researched.

Outlining the history of the pharmaceutical industry, Law identifies what she says is the failure of a regulatory framework that assumes pharmaceutical companies always produce worthwhile products that society will want.

Law has written about healthcare for 25 years, seven of them as associate editor of Scrip Magazine, a monthly magazine for the drugs industry.

Big Pharma may refer to:

• Pharmaceutical industry
• Pharmaceutical lobby
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a trade group
• Big Pharma (book), a 2006 book by British journalist Jacky Law
• Big Pharma (video game), a simulation game
• Big Pharma (artist), an electronic music artist

Big Pharma is a simulation game developed by Twice Circled and published by Positech Games where one builds a drug factory. The game was released on 27 August 2015.

Big Pharma (born Jussi Ylikoski) is a Helsinki-based electronic music producer. He is also known as the guitarist of Disco Ensemble which is one of the most internationally hyped Finnish bands in the 2000s. Big Pharma’s first single "Freedom Juice" was released in May 2015. The debut album Freedom Juice was released in April 1, 2016. There are many guest appearances on the album, e.g. Ville Malja from Lapko.