Pharmaceutical Industry Terminology

noun a term used in the pharmaceutical industry to describe the period when multiple patents for blockbuster drugs expire, allowing generic versions to enter the market

• The pharmaceutical company is facing a significant revenue decline due to the upcoming patent cliff.
• The drug company is about to lose a lot of money because of the patent cliff.
• The company is screwed when the patent cliff hits.
• The patent cliff looms like a dark cloud over the company's future profits.

noun a person who commits adultery or who alters something in a dishonest way

• The adulterator was caught tampering with the test results.
• I heard that guy is an adulterator, always cheating on his wife.
• Don't trust him, he's a total adulterator.
• His lies were like an adulterator, mixing truth with deceit.