Pharma industry returns on R&D investment hit 9-year low
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LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of developing a new drug has nearly doubled since 2010 and the world's 12 biggest drugmakers are making the lowest return on their R&D investments in nine years, according to Deloitte.An annual survey of the economics of pharma research and development (R&D) by the consultancy found that despite a steady flow of new medicines reaching global markets, the 12 drugmakers' average return on their R&D fell to 1.9 percent this year, from 3.7 percent a year ago. The average..