Pharmaceutical R&D employment

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
1 million

Global · 2022

Pharmaceutical R&D employment worldwide stood at 1 million in 2022 (IFPMA).

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Publisher
IFPMA
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Enabling innovation: The R&D ecosystem for medicines and vaccines
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
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Verified

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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
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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IFPMA · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National 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)
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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