Oncology drugs are clearly the focus of development going into the future, while drugs for infectious disease and central nervous system also make up a large proportion of R&D spend.
Figure 1: Number of pipeline drugs in the US, by therapy area
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Source: GlobalData, Pharma Intelligence Center, Drug Database [Accessed 1 November 2017]
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