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The value of U.S. biopharmaceutical exports was estimated to exceed ****billion U.S. dollars in 2025. The export value of biopharmaceutical goods nearly doubled in the period between 2018 and 2024. 

The challenges of the biopharmaceutical industry

The cost of developing a medicinal product has grown in recent decades, resulting in annual increases in the combined research and development costs of companies based in the United States. One reason for the rising costs is that clinical trials have become more complex: the number of data points collected during a typical later-phase clinical trial increased significantly between 2005 and 2015.

What are the differences between pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals?

The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries both manufacture products that treat and prevent medical conditions, but the method by which the products are created varies between the two. One of the main distinctions is that pharmaceuticals are inherently chemical-based products made using chemical methods, whereas biopharmaceuticals are made from living organisms using biological processes. Today, most of the big pharmaceutical companies manufacture both pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals.