This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in February 2017, by gender. U.S. adults were asked if they were more confident in the quality of drugs manufactured by U.S. pharma companies in comparison to foreign pharma companies. About 14 percent of female respondents and 18 percent of male respondents indicated that "Yes, absolutely," they were confident in the quality of U.S. pharma companies when compared to foreign pharma companies.
Americans' opinion of U.S. pharmaceutical product quality compared to foreign products as of 2017, by gender
Original question: "If you compare US pharma companies (such as Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer) with foreign pharma companies (such as the German Bayer or the Swiss Novartis), do you have more confidence in the quality of drugs manufactured by US producers than in those manufacturers?"
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