BRAZIL

ARGENTINA

CHILE

UK

USA

Population millions (2002)

175.09

38.0

15.6 ^c

58.8 ^e

282.1 ^h

N^o of biotechnology companies (2002)

350 ^b

250 ^a

31 ^d

550 ^f

1,457 ⁱ

Nº of companies / population (10⁶)

2

6.6

2

9.3

5.16

Total revenues of biotechnology industry
(In US$ million, 2002)

7,000 ^b

75 ^a

10

4,700 ^f

28,500 ⁱ

Total revenue (10⁶) / Nº of companies

20

0.3

0.32

8.5

20

N^o of biological researchers (2000)

20,233

9,587

1,860

47,000 ^g

446,890

Nº of companies / Nº of biological researchers (10³)

17

26

17

12

3.2

% of GDP invested in Research and Development (2000)

1.05

0.44

0.56

1.83 ^g

2.68

N^o of scientific publications identified via Medline (2000)

4,021

1,466

555

27,931

146,622

Total N^o of patent applications
(including residents + non residents, 2000)

19,325

6,633

3,683

21,580 ^j

295,000

Total N^o of granted patents
(including residents + non residents, 2000)

9,269

1,587

620

2,962 ^j

157,495

Nº of granted patents / Nº of patent applications

0.48

0.24

0.17

0.14

0.53

Sources: Iberoamerican Network of Science and Technology Indicators

a: The biotechnology market in Argentina, 2003 ;
b: The biotechnology market in Brazil, 2002;
c: National statistics Bureau, Chile;
d: National Commission for the Development of Biotechnology, Chile;
e: 10 Downing street website, UK Population 2001;
f: BioIndustry Association, UK;
g: UK Research and Development website;
h: U.S. Census Bureau ;
i: Biotechnology Industry Organization;
j: UK patent office.