R&D
research and development.
R&D
American
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R and D
R & D
British
abbreviation
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Lilly doubled down on R&D, albeit with some failures, as part of an internal strategy called “timely valued medicines” that prioritized experimental therapies that could beat the standard of care, according to Lundberg.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
U.S. companies are now responsible for 55% of drug R&D, compared with 29% for European drugmakers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
GSK separately announced Tuesday that it plans to invest £400 million on a new major R&D centre in university city Cambridge, eastern England.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The government has increased overall R&D spending to record levels, rising to £22.6bn a year by 2029-30.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
One would want to introduce a separate R&D sector, and then there will be a balancing of R&D costs and the expected increase in national income.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
The family and Oor Wullie - which also first appeared in 1936 - were created by the same two men, R D Law and W D Watkins.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
The first buildings were identified with the letters on the keyboard used to play “League of Legends”: Q, W, E, R, D, and F.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
It will close with the world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as infamous Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2017
They found the letters F O R D on the brown paper around the torso, didn't they?
From Time Magazine Archive
Diamine nitrazol brown R D, 2 lb. soda and 20 lb.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
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