US medical research spending rises, results lag
20th Sep 2005, 23:02 GMT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Annual U.S. spending on medical research doubled in the past decade to more than $94 billion in 2003, but the additional dollars have yielded only disappointing results, a study said on Tuesday.
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