A drug company associated with dodgy deal gets award (8)
I believe the answer is:
accolade
'award' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a drug company associated with dodgy deal' is the wordplay.
'drug' becomes 'c' (C is an example**).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'associated with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dodgy' is an anagram indicator.
'deal' anagrammed gives 'lade'.
'a'+'c'+'co'+'lade'='ACCOLADE'
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for accolade that I've seen before include "Honour, high award" , "Special recognition of merit" , "Praise, acclaim" , "Ceremonial tap of sword on shoulder when conferring knighthood" , "Award, originally of knighthood" .)