Cumulative biopharmaceutical R&D expenditure
STO-REC-STATC9H3H7T2 National
1 trillionUSD
United States · 2000–2025
Cumulative biopharmaceutical R&D expenditure in United States totalled 1 trillion USD in 2000–2025 (PhRMA).
- Publisher
- PhRMA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Report
- Research & Development
- Locator
- Committed to Research
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
PhRMA member companies have invested over $1 trillion dollars in R&D since 2000, establishing the biopharmaceutical sector as the most R&D-intensive industry in the U.S. economy.
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- APA
- PhRMA. (2025). Research & Development. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://phrma.org/policy-issues/research-development. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_C9H3H7G4QK2418S8SH3H1NE64T
- MLA
- PhRMA. "Research & Development." 2025, https://phrma.org/policy-issues/research-development. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_C9H3H7G4QK2418S8SH3H1NE64T.
- Chicago
- PhRMA. "Research & Development." 2025. https://phrma.org/policy-issues/research-development. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_C9H3H7G4QK2418S8SH3H1NE64T.
- BibTeX
- @misc{phrma2025cumulative1ne64t, author = {{PhRMA}}, title = {Research \& Development}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_C9H3H7G4QK2418S8SH3H1NE64T}, note = {Original source: https://phrma.org/policy-issues/research-development. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- PhRMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- Research & Development
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Committed to Research
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_C9H3H7G4QK2418S8SH3H1NE64T