| Title |
Financing of U.S. Biomedical Research and New Drug Approvals across Therapeutic Areas
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007015 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
E. Ray Dorsey, Joel P. Thompson, Melisa Carrasco, Jason de Roulet, Philip Vitticore, Sean Nicholson, S. Claiborne Johnston, Robert G. Holloway, Hamilton Moses |
| Abstract |
We estimated U.S. biomedical research funding across therapeutic areas, determined the association with disease burden, and evaluated new drug approvals that resulted from this investment. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Psychology | 5 | 7% |
| Engineering | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |