Brussels, 23/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - Throughout OECD countries, spending on pharmaceuticals increased by an average of 32% in real terms since 1998, to reach a sum of more than USD 450bn in 2003, according to data provided by the OECD. Spending represents an increasing part of health spending in many OECD countries. In the majority of them, over the last five years, their increase has been more pronounced than that for total spending on health. Between 1998-2003 spending on pharmaceuticals...