全球生物技术药品销售每年将保持12%甚至更高的增长速度,该行业企业的经营业绩大大好于传统企业。据统计,迄今国际上已取得的生物技术研究成果有60%以上集中在医药工业。据国外专家分析,作为21世纪核心技术之一的现代生物技术,影响最大的领域也是医药卫生领域。目前,全球生物技术公司约有3000多家,其中,美国大约有2000多家。而美国这2000多家公司中,从事生物制药的就约有1300家。近年来,亚太地区一些国家,如新加坡、韩国、印度等也非常重视生物技术,日本有65%的生物技术公司从事医药研究与开发。美国是现代生物技术的发源地, The global sales of biotechnology medicines will maintain an annual growth rate of 12% or even higher. The business performance of companies in this industry is much better than that of traditional companies. According to statistics, more than 60% of the research achievements in biotechnology that have been achieved so far have been concentrated in the pharmaceutical industry. According to analysis by foreign experts, as one of the core technologies of the 21st century, the most influential areas of modern biotechnology are also medical and health fields. At present, there are about 3,000 global biotechnology companies, of which about 2,000 are in the United States. Of the 2,000 companies in the United States, about 1,300 are engaged in biopharmaceuticals. In recent years, some countries in the Asia Pacific region, such as Singapore, South Korea, and India, have also attached great importance to biotechnology. In Japan, 65% of biotechnology companies engage in pharmaceutical research and development. The United States is the birthplace of modern biotechnology.