Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing R&D intensity

Manufacturing industries with high levels of R&D intensity in 2023 were semiconductor and other electronic products (NAICS 3344) (25.8%) and pharmaceuticals and medicines (NAICS 3254) (17.8%).

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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2023). Business R&D Performance in the United States Increases to $722 Billion in 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25353. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_17HCGJQRHQMFY0Q8P3N1QQDKNA

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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. "Business R&D Performance in the United States Increases to $722 Billion in 2023." 2023, https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25353. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_17HCGJQRHQMFY0Q8P3N1QQDKNA.

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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. "Business R&D Performance in the United States Increases to $722 Billion in 2023." 2023. https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25353. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_17HCGJQRHQMFY0Q8P3N1QQDKNA.

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@misc{ncses2023pharmaceuticalqqdkna, author = {{National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics}}, title = {Business R\&D Performance in the United States Increases to \$722 Billion in 2023}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_17HCGJQRHQMFY0Q8P3N1QQDKNA}, note = {Original source: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25353. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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