Isopropyl alcohol in particular is popular for pharmaceutical applications, presumably due to the low toxicity of any residues.

Iatrochemistry also refers to the pharmaceutical applications of alchemy championed by Paracelsus.

His research interests focus on the reprogramming of bacterial organisms to perform coordinated, complex tasks for pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

These plastics are used in the food packaging industry, in medical devices, and in pharmaceutical applications.

Rotary unions are also heavily used in crude oil processing, the chemical industry, commercial food production, and pharmaceutical applications.

Rosin and its derivatives also exhibit wide ranging pharmaceutical applications.

Refractometers are often used in pharmaceutical applications for quality control of raw intermediate and final products.

In animals, biotechnology techniques are being used to improve genetics and for pharmaceutical or industrial applications.

It is increasingly applied to dry foods, beyond its already classical pharmaceutical or medical applications.

These approaches can have important implications in clinical and pharmaceutical applications where determination of live and dead bacteria is the rate limiting step.