pharmaceutical company vs pharma

pharmaceutical company and pharma both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pharmaceutical company	Yes	No	No	No
pharma	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pharmaceutical company and pharma are synonyms defined as:

pharmaceutical company and pharma: a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals

Other synonyms of pharmaceutical company include drug company.

pharmaceutical company (noun)	pharma (noun)
a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals	a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals