This statistic depicts the global pharmaceutical revenue - including prescription and over-the-counter drugs - from 2012 to 2026, categorized by technology. In 2019, biotechnology accounted for 266 billion U.S. dollars in drug revenue while conventional drugs accumulated 469 billion U.S. dollars, and unclassified technology accounted for 175 billion U.S. dollars of revenue. Biotechnology allows for the utilization of living systems and organisms to create pharmaceutical products. The use of synthetic humanized insulin is widely used for the treatment of diabetes.
Global pharmaceutical revenue distributed by technology from 2012 to 2026
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Biotechnology
Conventional
Other unclassified sales
2026
505
681
246
2025
461
644
228
2024
416
606
212
2023
378
566
201
2022
344
536
191
2021
312
505
183
2020*
284
476
180
2019
266
469
175
2018
242
461
176
2017
215
447
177
2016
197
446
175
2015
179
440
171
2014
174
447
181
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