2021 Global Biopharma R&D Productivity And Growth Ranking
Including First Ever Small- To Mid-Size Pharma Ranking
Executive Summary
A turbulent 2021: we are now in our eighth year of reviewing R&D productivity and corporate growth of the top 30 biopharma companies. While 2021 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, biopharma as a whole had a good but not great year.
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