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R&D expenditure decreased to $526.6 million for the year to December 31, 2008 (19% of product sales), from $576.4 million in the year to December 31, 2007 (27% of product sales). The year to December 31, 2007 included up-front and milestone payments for in-licensed products of $155.9 million representing 7% of product sales.
After the exclusion of the charges outlined in the table above, R&D expenditure increased by $103.0 million over the same period in 2007, although decreasing as a percentage of product sales to 18% (2007: 19% of product sales). Contributing to the increase in R&D expenditure in 2008 over 2007 were projects in-licensed and acquired since the second half of 2007, including PLICERA, SPD550, AMIGAL, FIRAZYR and METAZYM, together with Phase 3(b) and Phase 4 studies to support new product launches.
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A")
2008 % of 2007 % of
product product
sales sales
$m $m
_________ _________ _________ ________
SG&A (US GAAP) 1,422.9 52% 1,178.8 54%
Costs associated with the
introduction of a new holding
company (14.8) -
Intangible asset amortization
and impairment charges (223.3) (95.0)
FAS123R catch up charge -
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