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Top 3 therapeutic areas by spending in the United States 2012-2016

Top 3 therapeutic areas by spending in the U.S. from 2012 to 2016 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the leading three therapy areas in the U.S. from 2012 to 2016, based on spending. In 2016, some 45.5 billion USD were spent in the area of oncologics, which ranked this therapeutic area first.

Antidiabetics 22.3 25.6 33.7 43.9 51.5
Oncologics 25.6 28.1 33.1 39.1 45.5
Autoimmune 15.2 18.3 23.5 30.2 37.2