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2017 Pharma by numbers

July 19, 2017

In 2014, pharmaceutical industry gross value added was USD 452.8 billion industry value added is almost the same size as the economy of Argentina The global pharmaceutical industry employed over 5 million people and paid USD 97.2 billion in salaries in 2014 (including generics).

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2017 Pharma by numbers