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Biotech Industry Overview

Global

Amount

Units

Year

Source

Public & Private Biotech Companies (US, Europe and Canada)

3,853

Companies

2010

E&Y

Public Biotech Companies

622

Companies

2010

E&Y

Biotech Revenues

80.6

Bil. US$

2010

E&Y

Total Pharmaceutical Sales, Worldwide

875.0

Bil. US$

2010

IMS

Total R&D Expenses, PhRMA Member Companies (Estimated)

49.4

Bil. US$

2010

PhRMA

Total R&D Expenses, All Pharmaceutical Companies

67.4

Bil. US$

2010

PhRMA

Area of Biotech Crops

148.0

Mil. Hectares

2010

ISAAA

U.S.

Public & Private Biotech Companies

1,703

Companies

2010

E&Y

Public Biotech Companies

315

Companies

2010

E&Y

Revenues

61.6

Bil. US$

2010

E&Y

Area of Biotech Crops

66.8

Mil. Hectares

2010

ISAAA

Prescription Drug Sales, Domestic

307.4

Bil. US$

2010

IMS

Number of FDA Approvals for New Drugs (NDAs) and Biologic License Applications (BLAs)

93

Approvals

2010

FDA

Number of Approvals for New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and BLAs

21

Approvals

2010

FDA

Patents Granted for "Multicellular Living Organisms & Unmodified Parts Thereof & Related Processes"

1,080

Patents

2010

USPTO

Medical Research Funding, NIH

31.2

Bil. US$

2010

NIH

Total Requested Budget for Biological Science Research, U.S. (NSF)

794.5

Mil. US$

2012

NSF

Mean Annual Salary for Biochemists & Biophysicists

86,580

US$

May-10

BLS

Employment of Biochemists and Biophysicists

22,800

Employees

May-10

BLS

Average Cost of Developing a Biologic Drug

1.2

Bil. US$

2005

Tufts

PhRMA1 Member Statistics, U.S.

Pharmaceutical Sales, Domestic

182.6

Bil. US$

2010

PhRMA

% Generic (by volume)

78.0

%

2010

PhRMA

Pharmaceutical Sales, Foreign2

108.8

Bil. US$

2010

PhRMA

Pharmaceutical R&D Spending, Domestic

37.4

Bil. US$

2010

PhRMA

as a Percentage of Domestic Sales

20.5

%

2010

PhRMA

Share of R&D Spending by Function:

Prehuman/Preclinical

25.2

%

2009

PhRMA

Phase I

8.1

%

2009

PhRMA

Phase II

15.3

%

2009

PhRMA

Phase III

35.1

%

2009

PhRMA

Approval

4.4

%

2009

PhRMA

Phase IV

11.4

%

2009

PhRMA

Uncategorized

0.4

%

2009

PhRMA

1 PhRMA = Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, a group of leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies headquartered in the U.S.  2 Not including foreign divisions of foreign companies.

E&Y = Ernst & Young; IMS = IMS Health; ISAAA = International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications; Tufts = Tufts University Center for the Study of Drug Development; FDA = U.S. Food & Drug Administration; USPTO = U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; NIH = U.S. National Institutes of Health; NSF = U.S. National Science Foundation; BLS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

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