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The biotechnology indicators below are produced by the OECD’s Directorate for Science Technology and Industry (DSTI).


OECD Key Biotech Indicators friendly URL: www.oecd.org/sti/biotechnology/indicators

 

Indicators (last updated in 2006)

Click on the link to go to graph and get to the underlying data in Excel format

 

1. Biotechnology Firms

 

Number of firms active in biotechnology, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf1-1.htm

 

Share of biotechnology firms with fewer than 50 employees, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf1-2.htm

 

2. Biotechnology R&D

 

Total expenditures on biotechnology R&D by biotechnology-active firms, millions of USD PPP (current), 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf2-1.htm

 

Biotech R&D intensity in the business sector, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf2-2.htm

 

Percentage of business-sector biotechnology R&D performed in the total services sector, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf2-3.htm

 

Percentage of business-sector biotechnology R&D performed by small firms, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf2-4.htm

 

3. Public-sector biotechnology R&D

 

Biotechnology R&D expenditures by the public sector, millions of USD PPP (current), 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf3-1.htm

 

Public-sector biotechnology R&D as a percentage of total expenditures on biotechnology R&D, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf3-2.htm

 

4. Biotechnology applications

 

Percentage of biotechnology firms active by field of application, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf4-1.htm

 

Percentage of biotechnology R&D investments by field of application, 2003
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf4-2.htm

 

5. Biotechnology patents

 

Share of countries in biotechnology patents filed under PCT
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf6-1.htm

 

Biotechnology patents as a percentage of national total (PCT filings)
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=7878996/cl=17/nw=1/rpsv/sti2007/gf6-2.htm

 

Biotechnology statistics: methodology (PDF)
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/pdf/sti2007/922007081e1-annex3.pdf
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