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Largest 50 pharmaceutical companies
The following is a list of the largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies ranked by healthcare revenue. Some companies (eg, Bayer and Procter & Gamble) have additional revenue not included here. The phrase Big Pharma is often used to refer to companies with revenue in excess of $3 billion, and/or R&D expenditure in excess of $500 million, and represents the first 30 or so companies in this list.
| Revenue Rank 2006 | Company | Country | Healthcare Revenue 2006 (USD millions) | Healthcare R&D 2006 (USD millions) | Net income/ (loss) 2006 (USD millions) | Employees 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | 53,324 | 7,125 | 11,053 | 138,000 |
| 2 | Pfizer | USA | 48,371 | 7,599 | 19,337 | 122,200 |
| 3 | Bayer | Germany | 44,200 | 1,791 | 6,450 | 106,200 |
| 4 | GlaxoSmithKline | United Kingdom | 42,813 | 6,373 | 10,135 | 106,000 |
| 5 | Novartis | Switzerland | 37,020 | 5,349 | 7,202 | 102,695 |
| 6 | Sanofi-Aventis | France | 35,645 | 5,565 | 5,033 | 100,735 |
| 7 | Hoffmann–La Roche | Switzerland | 33,547 | 5,258 | 7,318 | 100,289 |
| 8 | AstraZeneca | UK | 26,475 | 3,902 | 6,063 | 98,000 |
| 9 | Merck & Co. | USA | 22,636 | 4,783 | 4,434 | 74,372 |
| 10 | Abbott Laboratories | USA | 22,476 | 2,255 | 1,717 | 66,800 |
| 11 | Wyeth | USA | 20,351 | 3,109 | 4,197 | 66,663 |
| 12 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | USA | 17,914 | 3,067 | 1,585 | 60,000 |
| 13 | Eli Lilly and Co. | USA | 15,691 | 3,129 | 2,663 | 50,060 |
| 14 | Amgen | USA | 14,268 | 3,366 | 2,950 | 48,000 |
| 15 | Boehringer Ingelheim | Germany | 13,284 | 1,977 | 2,163 | 43,000 |
| 16 | Schering-Plough | USA | 10,594 | 2,188 | 1,057 | 41,500 |
| 17 | Baxter International | USA | 10,378 | 614 | 1,397 | 38,428 |
| 18 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 10,284 | 1,620 | 2,870 | 15,000 |
| 19 | Genentech | USA | 9,284 | 1,773 | 2,113 | 33,500 |
| 20 | Procter & Gamble | USA | 8,964 | n/a | 10,340 | 29,258 |
| 21 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Israel | 8,408 | 495 | 546 | 26,670 |
| 22 | Astellas Pharma | Japan | 7,850 | 1,435 | 1,122 | 23,613 |
| 23 | Daiichi Sankyo | Japan | 7,158 | 1,459 | 671 | 20,100 |
| 24 | Novo Nordisk | Denmark | 6,520 | 1,063 | 1,086 | 15,358 |
| 25 | Eisai | Japan | 5,583 | 926 | 604 | 14,993 |
| 26 | Merck KGaA | Germany | 5,175 | 772 | 1,258 | 13,900 |
| 27 | Alcon | USA | 4,897 | 512 | 1,348 | 13,500 |
| 28 | Akzo Nobel | Netherlands | 4,694 | 741 | 1,449 | 13,000 |
| 29 | UCB | Belgium | 4,426 | 1,024 | 492 | 12,741 |
| 30 | Nycomed | Switzerland | 4,264 | n/a | -105 | 10,533 |
| 31 | Forest Laboratories | USA | 3,442 | 941 | 454 | 9,649 |
| 32 | Solvay | Belgium | 3,268 | 533 | 1,026 | 9,000 |
| 33 | Genzyme | USA | 3,187 | 650 | -17 | 8,477 |
| 34 | Allergan | USA | 3,063 | 1,056 | -127 | 8,423 |
| 35 | Gilead Sciences | USA | 3,026 | 384 | -1,190 | 6,772 |
| 36 | CSL | Australia | 2,788 | 161 | 454 | 6,400 |
| 37 | Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 2,787 | 467 | 328 | 5,962 |
| 38 | Biogen Idec | USA | 2,683 | 718 | 218 | 5,907 |
| 39 | Bausch & Lomb | USA | 2,292 | 197 | 15 | 5,830 |
| 40 | Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 2,069 | 244 | 132 | 5,756 |
| 41 | King Pharmaceuticals | USA | 1,989 | 254 | 289 | 5,191 |
| 42 | Watson Pharmaceuticals | USA | 1,979 | 131 | -445 | 5,126 |
| 43 | Mitsubishi Pharma | Japan | 1,945 | 403 | 208 | 5,111 |
| 44 | Shire | UK | 1,797 | 387 | 278 | 4,958 |
| 45 | Cephalon | USA | 1,764 | 403 | 145 | 4,913 |
| 46 | Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma | Japan | 1,763 | 350 | 193 | 3,750 |
| 47 | Kyowa Hakko Kogyo | Japan | 1,698 | 268 | 108 | 2,895 |
| 48 | Shionogi & Co. | Japan | 1,640 | 320 | 159 | 2,868 |
| 49 | Mylan Laboratories | USA | 1,612 | 104 | 217 | 2,800 |
| 50 | H. Lundbeck | Denmark | 1,552 | 329 | 186 | 2,515 |
Source: Top 50 Pharmaceutical Companies Charts & Lists, Med Ad News, September 2007[1]
Alphabetical listing
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- 3M Pharmaceuticals is part of 3M, a diversified global technology company based in the USA that produces pharmaceuticals as part of its health care business (contact)
- Abbott Laboratories, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA (contact)
- Abdi Ibrahim, a family-owned Turkish pharmaceutical company, licensor of more than 30 companies, also a generic producer, is the leading pharmaceutical company in Turkey, with annual revenue greater than 500 million USD (email)
- Abraxis BioScience, a Los Angeles-based company, with a portfolio that includes the nanodrug Abraxane (email)
- Acambis (external link), a vaccine development company with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Cambridge, United Kingdom (email)
- Actelion, a Swss pharmaceutical company in Hünenberg (contact)
- Active Biotech, a Swedish pharmaceutical company specialising in immunology (email)
- Alcon, a Swiss pharmaceutical company specialising in ophthalmology (contact)
- Alkaloid, based in Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia's leading pharmaceutical company (email)
- Alkermes, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that focuses on drug delivery technologies, including "long-acting" or "extended release" formulations of injectable and inhaled drugs (contact)
- Allergan, headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, is a global specialty company, with products product that include ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, dermatology products, and neurological products, with the most notable of the latter being BOTOX (contact)
- Alliance Pharmaceuticals, an emerging British pharmaceutical company, with marketed products in the areas of AntiViral & AntiInfective, Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Dental, Dermatology, Diagnostics, Nutrition, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Rheumatology (email)
- Almirall Prodesfarma, a Spanish multinational
- Alphapharm, an Australian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck KGaA
- Altana Pharma AG, formerly part of Altana AG. Since January 1st, 2007, Altana Pharma is part of the Nycomed Group
- Ambe Limited (UK), trading as Ambe Medical Group, a UK pharmaceutical distribution company formed in 1999 (email)
- Amerisourcebergen Specialty Group, one of the USA's leading pharmaceutical services providers
- AmeriStat Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (API), a USA-based International wholesaler and exporter of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies (contact)
- Amico Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh
- ALZA Corporation, a USA-based company acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001
- Amgen, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- Antara Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in the USA (email)
- Apotex, a generic pharmaceutical company based in Toronto, Canada
- Ardana Bioscience, a Scottish pharmaceutical company specialising in reproductive health (email)
- Astellas Pharma, a Japanese company formed in 2005 through the merger of Fujisawa Pharmaceutical and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical
- Astra AB, a former Swedish company which in 1999 merged with Zeneca Group PLC to form AstraZeneca
- AstraZeneca, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the UK formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC
- Aristopharma Ltd., a top-10 pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh formed in 1986
- Aventis, a former French company which in 2004 merged with Sanofi-Synthélabo to form Sanofi-Aventis
- Axcan Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Quebec, Canada
- Axcess Pharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical importation, distribution and marketing company based in the Philippines
B-D
- Barr, a specialty pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- Bargn Farmaceutici Phils. Co., a pharmaceutical / cosmeceutical company based in the Philippines, the maker of COSMO Skin (email)
- Bayer, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in Germany, called Bayer Schering Pharma AG after the recent merger with the Schering Company, with headquarters moved from historical Leverkusen to Berlin.
- Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the only Lyophilized Anticancer drug manufacturing pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh
- Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh
- Bial, a Portuguese pharmaceutical company
- Bilim Ilac, a Turkish family-owned manufacturing generic company (email)
- Bio-X Healthcare, a Belgian pharmaceutical company specialising in oral healthcare (email)
- Biogen Idec, a USA-based company formed in 2003 through the merger of Biogen and Idec Pharmaceuticals
- Biolex, a USA-based company
- BioPort, a USA-based vaccine manufacturer and a subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions
- Biotecnol, a Portuguese company
- Biovail, the largest Canadian pharmaceutical company
- Biovitrum, a Swedish company (email)
- Boehringer-Ingelheim, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in Germany
- Bosch Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. , Pakistan's leading pharmaceutical company specializing in Cephalosporins, Penicillins, Quinolones and Biotech products
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- Catalytica, a former USA-based company which merged with Synotex Company in 2000 to form DSM Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, now known as DSM Pharmaceuticals Products (DPP)
- Celltech (external link), a former British company acquired by the Belgian company UCB in 2004 (email)
- Cephalon, A U.S based biopharmaceutical company that specialises in drugs for neural disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Cipla, an Indian company best known as a manufacturer of anti-AIDS drugs
- Crucell, a Dutch biotechnology company specialising in vaccines
- Daiichi Pharmaceuticals, a former Japanese company which merged with Sankyo Co., Ltd. in 2005 to form Daiichi Sankyo Co.
- Daiichi Sankyo (external link), a Japanese holding company established in 2005 for the management integration of Sankyo and Daiichi Pharmaceuticals contact
- Diabetology Ltd
- Diosynth, a Dutch company, merged in 2005 with sister company Organon, both were part of the Dutch Akzo Nobel. In 2007, Akzo Nobel announced the intended sale of Organon to Schering-Plough
- Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences (external link), a USA-based company focused on topical therapeutics (contact)
- DSM Pharmaceuticals Products (DPP), a part of DSM, which is active worldwide in nutritional and pharmaceuticals ingredients (email)
- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, a pharmaceutical products developmentcompany
E-L
- Eastmed Pharmaceutical, Inc., a pharmaceutical company based in the Philippines (email)
- Eli Lilly and Company, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- Emergent BioSolutions, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, develops and produces bioterrorism-related preventive and therapeutic products, such as for anthrax and botulism, and vaccines for typhoid, hepatitis B, and group B streptococcus (contact)
- Ethypharm, a French company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
- Evotec Ltd, a German company with main research sites in the UK and California, working in the areas of sleeping disorders and obesity
- Famy Care Ltd, a pharmaceutical company based in India & focused on the Female Reproductive Health Care segment (email)
- Ferozsons Laboratories, a Pakistani based company which is exclusively focused on Gastroenterology.
- Fresenius Medical Care, a German based company with a branch in North America which is exclusively focused on Nephrology. Annual revunue of 10,4 billion in 2007.
- Galderma, a French based company which is exclusively focused on Dermatology
- Galen Limited, a Northern Irish pharmaceutical company (email)
- Genentech, a USA-based biopharmaceutical company, considered to have founded the biotechnology industry as a whole
- Genzyme, a USA-based company
- Getz Pharma, the largest pharmaceutical company in Pakistan (email)
- Gilead Sciences, a US biopharmaceutical company
- GlaxoSmithKline, also known as GSK, Britain's largest pharmaceutical company
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. , India's leading Research based pharmaceutical Company
- GPC Biotech, a German biopharmaceutical company
- Grindex, the largest pharmaceutical company in the Baltic States.
- Hexal Australia, an Australian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, part of the Hexal International Group
- Hexal International Group, a German generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
- Hoffmann-La Roche, or Roche, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland
- Hospira, a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company
- ICN Pharmaceuticals, now known as Valeant (contact)
- ICS Specialty Group, specialized services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
- iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited, formerly 3M Pharmaceuticals Pty Limited, a Sydney-based company that develops and markets over-the-counter and prescription medicines to Australasia, Asia-Pacific, South Africa and other international markets directly and also through other pharmaceutical companies and agents contact
- Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit USA-based pharmaceutical company focused on developing infectious disease drugs for developing countries
- Intercytex, a British healthcare company using its proprietary cell therapy technology to develop innovative regenerative medicine products to restore skin and hair
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, a USA-based company focused on development of RNA-based therapeutics
- Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson
- Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson
- Jelfa SA, a Polish generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
- Johnson & Johnson, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- King Pharmaceuticals, a USA-based company
- Knoll Pharmaceuticals, formerly the pharmaceutical division of BASF, acquired by Abbott in 2001
- Krka, d. d., a Slovenian generic pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturer
- Kurve Technology, Inc., a US company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
- LEO Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical company (email)
- Lipocine Inc., a Salt Lake City based company (email)
- Lundbeck, a Danish company
M-Z
- Mayne Pharma, an Australian pharmaceutical company acquired by Hospira in 2007
- MedImmune, a USA-based biotechnology company acquired by AstraZeneca in 2007
- Menarini (external link)
- Merck & Co., a top 10 pharmaceutical company, based in the US
- Merck KGaA, a top 30 pharmaceutical company, based in Germany
- Medopharm, an Indian pharmaceutical company (email)
- Merix Pharmaceutical Corp. (Merix Health Care Products), a private company based in Barrington Hills, Illinois, US, manufactures Releev, an over the counter cold sore and shingles ointment (email)
- Meyer Organics Private Limited, with HeadQuarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, was founded in 1986 in collaboration with Omega-Meyer Ltd. of Jersey (British Isles) (email)
- MGI Pharma
- Natco Pharma Limited, headquartered in Hyderabad, India, manufactures branded and generic dosage forms, bulk actives and intermediates for Indian and International markets (email)
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- Napp Pharmaceuticals
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk Global leader in Diabetes care. Currently has the highest global market share of insulin & insulin delivery devices. Also caters for Growth Hormone and Hemophilia care.
- Nucleics DNA sequencing reagents, services & software
- Nutra Pharma (Corporate Blog)
- Ochoa Laboratories Limited
- Okasa Pharma Pvt Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company of India (email)
- Olainfarm, located in Olaine, Latvia, is the second largest pharmaceutical company in Latvia after Grindex (email)
- Opsonin Pharma Limited, one of the largest drugs & medicine manufacturer and exporter in Bangladesh (email)
- Ordain Health Care
- Organon International (Organon) external link, the healthcare division of Akzo Nobel
- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., based in Japan
- Orchid Pharmaa pharmaceutical company based in India
- Pfizer
- Pharmacia, now part of Pfizer
- Pharmacosmos, a pharmaceutical company based in Denmark
- Pharmed Medicare, among the top five fastest growing companies
- Pharma Nord, private company, Denmark
- Pierre Fabre Group
- Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd, an Indian pharmaceutical company which recently acquired USA-based Natrol Inc for $80.7 million
- Pliva
- Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the pioneer manufacturer of generic Biotech formulations (Human Insulin) in Bangladesh
- Procter & Gamble
- Purdue Pharma, private company, maker of Oxcycontin
- Ranbaxy
- Rhys Health care Pvt Ltd
- Renovo, plc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in Manchester, UK (email)
- Roche
- Roxaane[[1]]Science with Ethics based in Chennai,India
(email)
- Sara Pharmaceuticals, a growing pharmaceutical company from India
- Searle Pakistan Limited (SPL), one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan (email)
- Sanofi-Aventis, a global top-20 pharmaceutical company based in France
- Schering, a German company that merged in 2006 with Bayer to form Bayer Schering Pharma
- Schering-Plough, a USA-based company created during World War II through seizure of assets from Schering
- Sepracor, a growing pharmaceutical company whose products include Lunesta and Xopenex
- Serono, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company now part of Merck KGaA
- Servier Laboratories
- Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, a British company
- Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited, an Australian company
- Solvay Group
- SUGEN, purchased by Pfizer in 2003
- Stiefel Laboratories, one of the world leaders in dermatology
- Sun Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Mumbai, India, make pharmaceuticals and speciality Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) for international markets and for India (contact)
- Takeda, a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in Japan
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc, a joint-venture of Abbott and Takeda, created without discovery or manufacturing capabilities
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, (external link) a global (top-20) manufacturer of mainly generic pharmaceuticals, based in Israel.
- Torrent Pharmaceuticals, (external link) a global manufacturer of mainly generic pharmaceuticals, based in India.
- UCB, a Belgian biopharmaceutical company
- Valeant, formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals, a USA-based company
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a USA-based company
- Viasys Healthcare, formerly SciMed and subsequently sold to Cardinal Health in 2007 (email)
- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a USA-based company
- ViroPharma, a USA-based company
- Wyeth, formerly American Home Products (AHP), a top-20 pharmaceutical company based in the USA
- Zeltia (email), a Spanish holding company whose Biotechnological Sector subsidiaries include Pharma Mar (email), Genomica, S.A.U. (email), Neuropharma, S.A. (email) and Sylentis S.A.U. (email)
- Zentiva, a Czech company
See also
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- List of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the UK
- List of biotechnology companies
- EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries