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The Link Between Gross Profitability And Pharmaceutical R&D Spending

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 Pharmaceutical Industry Research And Development (R&D) Outlays Against Exponential Time Trend, 1962–1996

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 Pharmaceutical Industry Gross Margins Against Exponential Time Trend, 1962–1996

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 3 Percentage Deviations From Trend For Pharmaceutical Industry Gross Margins And Research And Development (R&D) Outlays, 1962–1996

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 4 Percentage Deviations In Research And Development (R&D) As A Percentage Of Sales And Price-Cost Margins As A Percentage Of Census Sales, 1962–1996

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