All figures include company-financed R&D only. Total values may be affected by rounding.
* Domestic R&D includes R&D expenditures within the United States by all PhRMA member companies.
** R&D abroad includes expenditures outside the United States by U.S.-owned PhRMA member companies and R&D conducted abroad by the U.S. divisions of foreign-owned PhRMA member companies. R&D performed abroad by the foreign divisions of foreign-owned PhRMA member companies are excluded.
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U.S. human and veterinary pharmaceuticals - R&D spending 2017
This statistic shows the spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical research and development in the United States in 2017. In total, expenditure on veterinary pharmaceutical research and development came to 457 million U.S. dollars that year.
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PhRMA. (June 4, 2018). Spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical R&D in the U.S. in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/
PhRMA. "Spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical R&D in the U.S. in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 4, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/
PhRMA. (2018). Spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical R&D in the U.S. in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/
PhRMA. "Spending on Human and Veterinary Pharmaceutical R&d in The U.S. in 2017 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 4 Jun 2018, /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/
PhRMA, Spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical R&D in the U.S. in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Spending on human and veterinary pharmaceutical R&D in the U.S. in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], PhRMA, June 4, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/275540/expenditure-on-pharmaceutical-research-and-development-in-the-us/
