Pharmaceutical business enterprise research and development expenditure

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8.7 billionGBP

United Kingdom · 2023

Pharmaceutical business enterprise research and development expenditure in United Kingdom totalled 8.7 billion GBP in 2023 (ONS).

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ONS
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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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APA
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_4EZVN47JF1CKSJ5DRYETK5748G
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_4EZVN47JF1CKSJ5DRYETK5748G.
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_4EZVN47JF1CKSJ5DRYETK5748G.
BibTeX
@misc{ons2023pharmaceuticalk5748g, 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_4EZVN47JF1CKSJ5DRYETK5748G}, note = {Original source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopment/2023. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
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Business enterprise research and development, UK
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17 September 2026
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