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Perhaps not unusually, but there is some evidence that they are more profitable than comparably sized non-pharma companies.

>"from 2000 to 2018, the median net income (earnings) expressed as a fraction of revenue was significantly greater for pharmaceutical companies compared with nonpharmaceutical companies (13.8% vs 7.7%)."

Profitability of Large Pharmaceutical Companies Compared With Other Large Public Companies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054843/



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