Last year biotech drugs accounted for 70% of the increase in pharmaceutical costs in America, according to Medco, a drug-plan manager.
据药品计划管理公司Medco（中文名：美可）称，去年生物技术药品占美国药品费用增长额的70%。
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A division of deerfield illinois-based Baxter healthcare corp based in glendale California is another biotech pioneer. it introduced the first biotechdrug for hemophilia a in1992.
Others are teaming up with big energyfirms, in much the same way that biotech companies with a promising drug areoften taken under the wing of a large pharmaceutical company.