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Leading therapy areas for U.S. drug spending 2016

Top 20 U.S. therapy areas based on drug spending in 2016 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the leading therapy areas in U.S. medicine spending in 2016. In that year, around 45.5 billion USD were spent on oncologics. Thus, cancer was the number two therapy class in the U.S., behind antidiabetics.

Antidiabetics	51.5
Oncologics	45.5
Autoimmune	37.2
Respiratory	26
Pain	19.7
Nervous system disorders	19
HIV antivirals	18.8
Multiple sclerosis	18.7
Mental health	17.2
Viral hepatitis	15.7
Anticoagulants	12.5
Lipid regulators	12
ADHD	11.2
Dermatologicals	11
Antihypertensives	9.5
Vaccines (excl. flu)	8.7
Other cardiovasculars	8.3
GI products	8.1
Antibacterials	7.6
Sex hormones	6.6

Leading therapy areas for U.S. drug spending 2016

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