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. Domestic R&D, however, includes R&D expenditures within the United States by all PhRMA member companies.
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U.S. pharmaceutical industry spending on research and development 1990-2024
This statistic depicts the spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024. Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry (PhRMA members) on research and development abroad totaled approximately **** billion U.S. dollars in 1990. Until 2024, this amount increased to over ** billion U.S. dollars.
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PhRMA. (July 14, 2025). Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/
PhRMA. "Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 14, 2025. Statista. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/
PhRMA. (2025). Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 11, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/
PhRMA. "Spending of The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry on Research and Development at Home and Abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/
PhRMA, Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/ (last visited October 11, 2026)
Spending of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry on research and development at home and abroad from 1990 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], PhRMA, July 14, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/265090/us-pharmaceutical-industry-spending-on-research-and-development/
