Some pharmaceutical town in NY (5)

I believe the answer is:

utica

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'ny' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'some pharmaceutical town' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some parts of the word are used).
'UTICA' is hidden within 'pharmaceutical town'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for utica that I've seen before include "old African city" , "Punic city" , "city of ancient Africa?" , "New York city" .)

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