As of 2000, for-profit industry funded 57%, non-profit private organizations such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded 7%, and the tax-funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded 36% of medical research in the United States.
2000 finansierede private non-profit organisationer (som Howard Hughes Medical Institute) 7%, privat industri finansierede 57%, og det statsstøttede National Institutes of Health finansierede 36% af den medicinske forskning i USA.