The value of U.S. biopharmaceutical exports was estimated to be at nearly 90 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. The export value of biopharmaceutical goods quadrupled in the period between 2002 and 2022.
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 latter-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.
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* Values until 2019 were taken from the PhRMA Chart Pack - Biopharmaceuticals in Perspective which used the same source (U.S. Census Bureau). The U.S. Census Bureau defines it as "pharmaceutical preparations".
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US Census Bureau. (July 1, 2023). U.S. biopharmaceutical goods export volume from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. biopharmaceutical goods export volume from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/
US Census Bureau. (2023). U.S. biopharmaceutical goods export volume from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Biopharmaceutical Goods Export Volume from 2002 to 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/
US Census Bureau, U.S. biopharmaceutical goods export volume from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
U.S. biopharmaceutical goods export volume from 2002 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Census Bureau, July 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/215814/us-biopharmaceutical-export-volume/