Pharmaceutical R&D and the Evolving Market for Prescription Drugs
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10681/10-26-DrugR&D.pdf
Reports that spending on prescription drugs is the fastest growing category of total spending on health care in the U.S. Between 1994 and 2004 inflation-adjusted spending on prescription drugs rose at an average annual rate of 11.1%. From the Congressional Budget Office.
