The phrase "several pharmaceutical companies" refers to multiple businesses or organizations that are involved in the production, development and distribution of medications or drugs. Full definition
In addition to being involved with BPRU clinical research protocols, I've also gotten involved with several pharmaceutical company studies and have acted as the clinical research coordinator on those projects. (sciencemag.org)
GW Pharmaceuticals is conducting clinical trials on CBDV treatments for epilepsy, and Chen says several pharmaceutical companies have been in touch with Hyasynth Bio. (newscientist.com)
As biotech engineers» ability to control and design proteins improved, several pharmaceutical companies developed migraine - fighting monoclonal antibodies. (scientificamerican.com)