List of pharmaceutical companies
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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
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1 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | 53,324 | 7,125 | 11,053 | 138,000
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2 | Pfizer | USA | 48,371 | 7,599 | 19,337 | 122,200
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3 | GlaxoSmithKline | United Kingdom | 42,813 | 6,373 | 10,135 | 106,000
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4 | Novartis | Switzerland | 37,020 | 5,349 | 7,202 | 102,695
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5 | Sanofi-Aventis | France | 35,645 | 5,565 | 5,033 | 100,735
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6 | Hoffmann–La Roche | Switzerland | 33,547 | 5,258 | 7,318 | 100,289
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7 | AstraZeneca | United Kingdom | 26,475 | 3,902 | 6,063 | 98,000
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8 | Merck & Co. | USA | 22,636 | 4,783 | 4,434 | 74,372
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9 | Abbott Laboratories | USA | 22,476 | 2,255 | 1,717 | 66,800
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10 | Wyeth | USA | 20,351 | 3,109 | 4,197 | 66,663
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11 | Bayer | Germany | 18,216 | 1,791 | 1,577 | 61,880
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12 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | USA | 17,914 | 3,067 | 1,585 | 60,000
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13 | Eli Lilly and Co. | USA | 15,691 | 3,129 | 2,663 | 50,060
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14 | Amgen | USA | 14,268 | 3,366 | 2,950 | 48,000
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15 | Boehringer Ingelheim | Germany | 13,284 | 1,977 | 2,163 | 43,000
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16 | Schering-Plough | USA | 10,594 | 2,188 | 1,057 | 41,500
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17 | Baxter International | USA | 10,378 | 614 | 1,397 | 38,428
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18 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 10,284 | 1,620 | 2,870 | 35,000
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19 | Genentech | USA | 9,284 | 1,773 | 2,113 | 33,500
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20 | Procter & Gamble | USA | 8,964 | n/a | 10,340 | 29,258
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21 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Israel | 8,408 | 495 | 546 | 26,670
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22 | Astellas Pharma | Japan | 7,850 | 1,435 | 1,122 | 23,613
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23 | Daiichi Sankyo | Japan | 7,158 | 1,459 | 671 | 20,100
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24 | Novo Nordisk | Denmark | 6,520 | 1,063 | 1,086 | 15,358
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25 | Eisai | Japan | 5,583 | 926 | 604 | 14,993
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26 | Merck KGaA | Germany | 5,175 | 772 | 1,258 | 13,900
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27 | Alcon | Switzerland | 4,897 | 512 | 1,348 | 13,500
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28 | Akzo Nobel | Netherlands | 4,694 | 741 | 1,449 | 13,000
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29 | UCB | Belgium | 4,426 | 1,024 | 492 | 12,741
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30 | Nycomed | Switzerland | 4,264 | n/a | -105 | 10,533
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31 | Forest Laboratories | USA | 3,442 | 941 | 454 | 9,649
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32 | Solvay | Belgium | 3,268 | 533 | 1,026 | 9,000
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33 | Genzyme | USA | 3,187 | 650 | -17 | 8,477
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34 | Allergan | USA | 3,063 | 1,056 | -127 | 8,423
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35 | Gilead Sciences | USA | 3,026 | 384 | -1,190 | 6,772
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36 | CSL | Australia | 2,788 | 161 | 454 | 6,400
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37 | Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 2,787 | 467 | 328 | 5,962
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38 | Biogen Idec | USA | 2,683 | 718 | 218 | 5,907
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39 | Bausch & Lomb | USA | 2,292 | 197 | 15 | 5,830
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40 | Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. | Japan | 2,069 | 244 | 132 | 5,756
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41 | King Pharmaceuticals | USA | 1,989 | 254 | 289 | 5,191
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42 | Watson Pharmaceuticals | USA | 1,979 | 131 | -445 | 5,126
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43 | Mitsubishi Pharma | Japan | 1,945 | 403 | 208 | 5,111
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44 | Shire | United Kingdom | 1,797 | 387 | 278 | 4,958
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45 | Cephalon | USA | 1,764 | 403 | 145 | 4,913
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46 | Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma | Japan | 1,763 | 350 | 193 | 3,750
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47 | Kyowa Hakko Kogyo | Japan | 1,698 | 268 | 108 | 2,895
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48 | Shionogi & Co. | Japan | 1,640 | 320 | 159 | 2,868
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49 | Mylan Laboratories | USA | 1,612 | 104 | 217 | 2,800
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50 | H. Lundbeck | Denmark | 1,552 | 329 | 186 | 2,515
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Source: Top 50 pharmaceutical companies, MedAdNews, September 2007
Alphabetical listing
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
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- 3M, now called iNova is a diversified global technology company based in the United States which produces pharmaceuticals as part of its health care business
- Abbott Laboratories, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- Acambis, a vaccine development company with offices in Cambridge, US and Cambridge UK
- Active Biotech, a Swedish pharmaceutical company specialising in immunology
- Alcon, a Swiss pharmaceutical company specialising in ophthalmology
- Alkermes, an American company
- Allergan, an American multinational
- Alliance Pharmaceuticals, an emerging British pharmaceutical company
- 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), a UK pharmaceutical distribution company formed in 1999
- Amico Laboratories, a pharma company based in Bangladesh
- ALZA Corporation, an American company acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001
- Amgen, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- Antara Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in the United States
- Ardana Bioscience, a Scottish pharmaceutical company specialising in reproductive health
- 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 pharma company based in the United Kingdom formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC
- Aventis, a former French company which in 2004 merged with Sanofi-Synthélabo to form Sanofi-Aventis
- Axcan Pharma, a specialty pharma company based in Quebec, Canada
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- Barr, a specialty pharma company based in the United States
- Bargn Farmaceutici Phils. Co., a pharmaceutical / cosmeceutical company based in the philippines maker of COSMO Skin
- Bayer, a top-20 pharma company based in Germany
- Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, pharma company based in Bangladesh
- Bial, a Portuguese pharmaceutical company
- Biogen Idec, an American company formed in 2003 through the merger of Biogen and Idec Pharmaceuticals
- Biolex, an American company
- BioPort, an American vaccine manufacturer and a subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions
- Biotecnol, a Portuguese company*
- Biovail, the largest Canadian pharmaceutical company
- Biovitrum, a Swedish company
- Bio-X Healthcare, a Belgian pharmaceutical company specialising in oral healthcare
- Boehringer-Ingelheim, a top-20 pharma company based in Germany
- Bosch Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. (external link), , Pakistan's leading pharmaceutical company specializing in Cephalosporins, Penicillins, Quinolones and Biotech products
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- Catalytica, a former American company which merged with Synotex Company in 2000 to form DSM Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, now known as DSM Pharmaceuticals
- Celltech, a former British company acquired by the Belgian company UCB in 2004
- 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
- Daiichi Sankyo, a Japanese holding company established in 2005 for the management integration of Sankyo and Daiichi Pharmaceuticals
- 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), an American company focused on topical therapeutics
- DSM Pharmaceuticals
- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd {[1]}, Pharmaceutical Company
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- Eli Lilly and Company, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- Emcure Pharma, A pharma company based in the India
- Ethypharm (external link) a French company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
- Ferozsons Laboratories, A Pakistani based company which is exclusively focused on Gastroenterology.
- Galderma, A French based company which is exclusively focused on Dermatology
- Galen Limited, a Northern Irish pharmaceutical company
- Genentech, an American biopharmaceutical company, considered to have founded the biotechnology industry as a whole
- Genzyme, an American company
- Getz Pharma, a Pakistani company, the th largest Pharmaceutival company in Pakistan
- Gilead Sciences, an American biopharmaceutical company
- GlaxoSmithKline, also known as GSK, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical company
- GPC Biotech, a German biopharmaceutical company
- Grindex external link, the largest pharmaceutical company in the Baltic States.
- Hexal Australia, an Australian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, part of the Hexal International Group
- Hexal International Group (external link), a German generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
- Hoffmann-La Roche, or Roche, a top-20 pharma company based in Switzerland
- Hospira, a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company
- ICN Pharmaceuticals, now known as Valeant
- Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit American 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 (external link), an American 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 (external link), a Polish generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
- Johnson & Johnson, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- King Pharmaceuticals, an American 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. (external link) an American company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
- LEO Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical company
- Lundbeck, a Danish company
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- Mansfield-King
- Mayne Pharma, an Australian pharmaceutical company acquired by Hospira in 2007
- MedImmune USA biotech company acquired by AstraZeneca in 2007
- Menarini (external link)
- Merck & Co., a top 10 pharmaceutical company, based in USA
- Merck KGaA, a top 30 pharmaceutical company, based in Germany
- Medopharm, an Indian pharmaceutical company
- Merix Pharmaceutical Corp. (Merix Health Care Products) Based in USA
- Meyer Organics
- MGI Pharma
- MGI Pharma (external link)
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- Napp Pharmaceuticals (external link)
- 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 (external link)
- Ordain Health Care[2]
- Organon International (Organon) products, the healthcare division of Akzo Nobel
- oyster pharma pvt ltd (oyster pharma ) [1], the leading pharmaceutical manufacturer of indiaOasis biotech
- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. (external link), based in Japan
- Ovation Pharma
- Pfizer
- Pharmacia, now part of Pfizer
- Pharmacosmos, a pharmaceutical company based in Denmark
- Pharma Focus Asia Pharma Industry
- Pharmed Medicare, Among top five fastst growing companiesPharmedPharmed
- Pierre Fabre Group
- Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd,external link an Indian pharmaceutical company which recently acquired US-based Natrol Inc for $80.7 million
- Pliva
- Procter & Gamble
- Purdue Pharma, private company, maker of Oxcycontin
- Global Pharmaceutical Company
- Ranbaxy
- Renovo, plc.
- Roche
- Sara Pharmaceuticals A growing pharmaceutical company from India
- Searle Pharmaceutical, A leading Pharmaceutical of Pakistan
- 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, an American 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
- Solvay Group
- Sugen, purchased by Pfizer in 2003
- Stiefel Laboratories(external link) One of the world leaders in dermatology.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industriesrewtw
- Takeda, a top-20 pharma company based in Japan
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc (external link), 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.
- ThePharmaNetwork, (external link) TPN capitalizes on its knowledge, flexibility, speed and ability to execute strategic plans that offer concrete and innovative solutions to companies throughout the global pharmaceutical supply chain.
- UCB, a Belgian biopharmaceutical company
- Valeant, formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals, an American company
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American company
- Viasys Healthcare, formerly Huntleigh Healthcare and subsequently sold to Cardinal Health in 2007
- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an American company
- ViroPharma, an American company
- Wesly Pharmaceuticals a Chennai based Indian company with a global vision.
- Wyeth, formerly American Home Products, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
- Zeltia, a Spanish holding company which includes Pharma Mar, Genomica, Zelnova, XYLazel, Promax and NeuroPharma.
- Zentiva, a Czech company
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References
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