Pharmaceutical share of business enterprise research and development expenditure

The Pharmaceuticals product group made the largest contribution (£8.7 billion) to the total of business R&D performed in 2023 (17.4% of total R&D performed by UK businesses).

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Office for National Statistics. (2023). Business enterprise research and development, UK. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopment/2023. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2P7004N2SCBF5FJK42NAGHS3K8

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MLA

Office for National Statistics. "Business enterprise research and development, UK." 2023, https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopment/2023. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2P7004N2SCBF5FJK42NAGHS3K8.

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Chicago

Office for National Statistics. "Business enterprise research and development, UK." 2023. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopment/2023. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2P7004N2SCBF5FJK42NAGHS3K8.

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@misc{ons2023pharmaceuticalghs3k8, author = {{Office for National Statistics}}, title = {Business enterprise research and development, UK}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2P7004N2SCBF5FJK42NAGHS3K8}, note = {Original source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopment/2023. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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