Pharmaceutical R&D employment
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCG-3Y4BJ2059J-BJMGF4
Global · 2022
Pharmaceutical R&D employment worldwide was more than 1 million in 2022 (IFPMA).
Pharmaceutical R&D employment: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IFPMA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Of the 7.8 million people directly employed by the pharmaceutical industry, over 1 million involved in R&D activities, fostering high-skilled employment and economic growth.
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APA
IFPMA. (2022). Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.ifpma.org/publications/enabling-innovation-the-rd-ecosystem-for-medicines-and-vaccines/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGF4
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- IFPMA. "Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines." 2022, https://www.ifpma.org/publications/enabling-innovation-the-rd-ecosystem-for-medicines-and-vaccines/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGF4.
- Chicago
- IFPMA. "Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines." 2022. https://www.ifpma.org/publications/enabling-innovation-the-rd-ecosystem-for-medicines-and-vaccines/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGF4.
- BibTeX
- @misc{ifpma2022pharmaceuticalbjmgf4, author = {{IFPMA}}, title = {Enabling innovation: The R\&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGF4}, note = {Original source: https://www.ifpma.org/publications/enabling-innovation-the-rd-ecosystem-for-medicines-and-vaccines/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- IFPMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGF4