This statistic depicts the spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for research and development as a percentage of total revenues from 1990 to 2017. Spending on research and development of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (PhRMA members) amounted to around 14.4 percent of total revenues in 1990.
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This statistic depicts the spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for research and development as a percentage of total revenues from 1990 to 2017. Spending on research and development of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (PhRMA members) amounted to around 14.4 percent of total revenues in 1990.
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This statistic depicts the spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for research and development as a percentage of total revenues from 1990 to 2017. Spending on research and development of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (PhRMA members) amounted to around 14.4 percent of total revenues in 1990.
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- June 2018
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 1990 to 2017
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- PhRMA members
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* Estimated.
** 2007 revised with more current data. - Open this statistic in...
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 1990 to 2017
- Special properties
- PhRMA members
- Supplementary notes
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* Estimated.
** 2007 revised with more current data. - Open this statistic in...
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