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OECD - Percentage of biotechnology R&D by application

  • Dataset | 01 Oct 2016

Data on the percentage of biotechnology R&D by field of application in the latest available year.

Biotechnology firms use biotechnology to produce goods or services and/or to perform biotechnology R&D. These firms are captured by biotechnology firm surveys.

Dedicated biotechnology firms devote at least 75% of their production of goods and services, or R&D, to biotechnology.

This dataset is part of the OECD Key Biotech Indicators.

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