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U.S. Invests $9.5 Billion in R&D for Developing Nations
Tuesday December 20, 3:15 pm ET
First Known Estimate of Public and Private Funding for Global Health
Research

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Public and private sources in the U.S. spent
$9.5 billion in 2003 on research and development (R&D) to improve
health in developing nations, according to a new report from
Research!America.

The benchmark study, supported by a grant from The Ellison Medical
Foundation, is the first known estimate and analysis of the United
States' total investment in R&D for global health. It focuses on
U.S.-funded research that aims to improve health in developing
nations and measures Americans' attitudes toward that research.

"This analysis brings a long-overdue look at what our nation invests
in the health of the developing world," said The Honorable John
Edward Porter, Research!America board chair and former U.S.
Congressman. "We can no longer afford to view human health as solely
a domestic issue. For humanitarian, economic and national security
reasons, America needs strong, sustained investment in health and
medical research to address needs both within and beyond our
borders."

U.S. investment in global health research flows primarily from three
sectors:

* Pharmaceutical and biotech companies contributed the majority
of global
health R&D funding in 2003 -- about 58%, or $5.5 billion.
This amount
does not include donations of materials, facilities or
expertise for
global health needs.

* The U.S. government funded about 36%, or about $3.4 billion,
in 2003.

-- 87% of that -- $3 billion -- came from the National
Institutes of
Health;

-- The remaining 13% came from the U.S. Agency for
International
Development ($338 million), the Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention ($24 million), the Department of Defense ($61
million)
and Department of State ($10 million).

* Private foundations contributed $505 million in 2003.

In comparison with the $9.5 billion 2003 global health R&D
investment, a recent Research!America report estimates that public
and private U.S. sources invested $109 billion in 2004 for all
health R&D, for domestic and global needs.

"Tracking U.S. investment in health research overall is challenging,
and particularly so when trying to parse out the portion directed at
solving health concerns in low- and middle-income countries," said
Research!America's Stacie Propst, PhD, who led the development of
both reports. "However, we believe this to be the most comprehensive
estimate to date of global health R&D spending by the United States."

Global Health R&D and Public Opinion

Research!America has tracked Americans' views on medical and health
research for more than a decade, and global health registers as a
strong priority. Nine in 10 Americans say they are concerned about
the health problems facing the world (2004, Harris Interactive for
Research!America).

"Large majorities of Americans support the United States investing
considerably more to improve health and quality of life worldwide as
well as at home," said Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!
America. "They also strongly support eliminating health disparities
in order to speed cure, treatment and prevention of disease,
disability and injury for people everywhere."

A 2004 Research!America survey on global health showed:

* 93% of Americans say the U.S. should spend more on global
health
research.

* Concerns about global health problems include contagious
diseases
reaching the U.S. (93%) and health problems elsewhere causing
economic
(82%) or national security (77%) problems here.

* Americans say the U.S. should be involved in improving health
around the
world because we are the world's leader in scientific
expertise and
medical research (78%). Other reasons include preventing
future health
crises and disease outbreaks (78%) and protecting Americans'
health
(77%).

About the Report
The global health R&D report builds on Research!America's estimates
of the total U.S. investment in health research. Data in those
reports shows U.S. public and private sources spent $1.55 trillion
overall on health in 2002, with $92 billion of that on research --
or 6% of the total. For 2004, the U.S. total health expenditure was
$1.8 trillion, and Research!America estimates that $109 billion went
toward research.

Research!America is the nation's largest not-for-profit public
education and advocacy alliance working to make medical and health
research-including research to prevent disease, disability and
injury and to promote health-a much higher national priority. Its
500 member organizations represent the voices of more than 100
million Americans. To read the global health R&D report, visit
www.researchamerica.org.

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