industry trends: by the numbers Compiled by Cari Kraft, Jacobs Management Group, Inc.
$930M
Amount raised for health-related campaigns on GoFundMe from 2010-2016 GoFundMe, the leading crowdfunding site, reported that, of the over $2 billion raised on its site from 2010-2016, $930 million, or about 46.5%, was for health-related campaigns. Source: Nerd Wallet, November 2, 2016
93.11 Index of Italy, rated healthiest country in the world In a survey of countries worldwide, Italy was determined to be the healthiest, based on such factors as life expectancy, causes of death, incidence of high blood pressure, high blood glucose, tobacco use, and physical inactivity. It was followed by Iceland, Switzerland and Singapore. The US came in at #34. Source: Bloomberg Global Health Index, August 2017 47 | HS&M OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017
 $93.7B Oncology market size, largest in healthcare Oncology continues to be the largest therapy area in the industry, due to new advances in treatments and an aging population. It now has a worldwide market share of 11.7%. Source: EvaluatePharma World Preview 2017, Outlook to 2022
27% Percent of US Medical Science Liasons (MSLs) who are pharmacists MSLs can often be PhDs, postdocs or physicians. But in the US, they most commonly have a PharmD degree. In Portugal, 22% are pharmacists, followed by Italy at 9.1% and Spain at 8.8%. Source: FSTP (From Science to Pharma] global MSL salary survey
