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Drug Industry: Profits, Research and Development Spending, and Merger and Acquisition Deals
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-40

GAO-18-40: Published: Nov 17, 2017. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2017.

The amount of money people spend on prescription drugs has nearly doubled since the1990s. Much of this increase is due to expensive brand-name drugs, but the prices of some generics have also gone up. We looked into changes in the drug industry and found that pharmaceutical and biotechnology sales revenue increased from $534 billion to $775 billion between 2006 and 2015. Additionally, 67% of drug...

Nanomanufacturing: Emergence and Implications for U.S. Competitiveness, the Environment, and Human Health
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-181SP

GAO-14-181SP: Published: Jan 31, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 7, 2014.

What the Participants SaidThe forum's participants described nanomanufacturing as a future megatrend that will potentially match or surpass the digital revolution's effect on society and the economy. They anticipated further scientific breakthroughs that will fuel new engineering developments; continued movement into the manufacturing sector; and more intense international competition.Although lim...

Federal Funds: Fiscal Year 2001 Expenditures by Selected Organizations Involved in Health-Related Activities
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-03-527R

GAO-03-527R: Published: May 16, 2003. Publicly Released: May 16, 2003.

This report responds to a Congressional request that we provide information on expenditures of federal funds by several organizations and their affiliates--the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Population Council, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, Advocates for Youth, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States...

Reproductive Health: Federal Funds That Supported Four Nonprofit Organizations
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-02-81R

GAO-02-81R: Published: Nov 13, 2001. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 2001.

This report identifies federal funding for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 that supported reproductive health activities of the following four nonprofit organizations: the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Population Council, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and The Alan Guttmacher Institute. GAO found that these organizations used $184 million in federal funds for fiscal ye...

Better Accountability Procedures Needed in NSF and NIH Research Grant Systems
https://www.gao.gov/products/PAD-81-29

PAD-81-29: Published: Sep 30, 1981. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 1981.

GAO assessed the systems used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine which research proposals by colleges, universities, and other nonprofit research institutions are to be funded and how scientific performance on the grants is assessed when continued support is provided. Specifically, GAO focused on the peer review system of the scientifi...