This statistic depicts R&D expenditures of some of the global leading companies in biotechnology in 2018. In that year, Danish biopharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk was ranked sixth among such companies, spending around 2.35 billion U.S. dollars on research and development.
Select top global biotechnology companies' R&D expenditure in 2018
(in million U.S. dollars)
The statistic includes only pure-play or predominantly biotech companies. All values are rounded. The statistic was assembled from the annual/financial reports of the regarding companies.
* Based on exchange rate at December 31, 2018.
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Statista. (June 10, 2019). Select top global biotechnology companies' R&D expenditure in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 08, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/262701/top-biotech-companies-based-on-revenue/
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Statista. (2019). Select top global biotechnology companies' R&D expenditure in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 08, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262701/top-biotech-companies-based-on-revenue/
Statista. "Select Top Global Biotechnology Companies' R&d Expenditure in 2018 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262701/top-biotech-companies-based-on-revenue/
Statista, Select top global biotechnology companies' R&D expenditure in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262701/top-biotech-companies-based-on-revenue/ (last visited April 08, 2020)
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