PHRMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

LIST OF 50 LARGEST PHRMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

The following is a list of the 50 largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies ranked by healthcare revenue.[citation needed] Some companies (eg, Bayer, Johnson and Johnson 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,[citation needed] and/or R&D expenditure in excess of $500 million,[citation needed] and represents the first 30 or so companies in this list

Johnson and Johnson. U.S.
Pfizer U.S.
Bayer Germany
GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom
Novartis Switzerland
Sanofi-Aventis France
Hoffmann–La Roche Switzerland
AstraZeneca UK/Sweden
Merck & Co. U.S.
Abbott Laboratories U.S.
Wyeth U.S.
Bristol-Myers Squibb U.S.
Eli Lilly and Company U.S
Amgen U.S
Boehringer Ingelheim Germany
Schering-Plough U.S
Baxter International U.S.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Japan
Genentech U.S.
Procter & Gamble U.S.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Israel
Astellas Pharma Japan
Daiichi Sankyo Japan
Novo Nordisk Denmark
Eisai Japan
Merck KGaA Germany
Alcon U.S.
SINOPHARM China
Akzo Nobel Netherlands
UCB Switzerland
Forest Laboratories U.S.
Solvay Belgium
Allergan U.S.
Gilead Sciences U.S.
CSL Australia
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Japan
Biogen Idec U.S.
Bausch & Lomb U.S.
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Japan
King Pharmaceuticals U.S.
Watson Pharmaceuticals U.S.
Mitsubishi Pharma Japan
Shire UK
Cephalon U.S.
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Japan
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo JapaN
Shionogi Japan
Mylan Laboratories U.S.
H. Lundbeck Denmark
3M Pharmaceuticals U.S.