PhRMA member companies invested $83 billion in research and development last year

PhRMA member companies invested $83 billion in research and development (R&D) in 2019, the highest level of investment on record, according to the 2020 PhRMA member annual survey. Over the past two decades, PhRMA member companies have invested a grand total of nearly $1 trillion in the search for and development of new and better treatments and cures.