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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 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom 42,813 6,373 10,135 106,000
4 Novartis Switzerland 37,020 5,349 7,202 102,695
5 Sanofi-Aventis France 35,645 5,565 5,033 100,735
6 Hoffmann–La Roche Switzerland 33,547 5,258 7,318 100,289
7 AstraZeneca United Kingdom 26,475 3,902 6,063 98,000
8 Merck & Co. USA 22,636 4,783 4,434 74,372
9 Abbott Laboratories USA 22,476 2,255 1,717 66,800
10 Wyeth USA 20,351 3,109 4,197 66,663
11 Bayer Germany 18,216 1,791 1,577 61,880
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 35,000
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 Switzerland 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 Taisho 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 United Kingdom 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, MedAdNews, September 2007

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

  • 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
  • BioSciMed, a Korean company*
  • 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
  • Christian Bioscientific, an American company health that is focused on health and medically relevant. A Limited Liability Corporation ready to make strides in any sector of the biotechnology industry including interests in nanotechnology, occupational/environmental health, and industrial hygiene
  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ http://www.drreddys.com
  2. ^ http://www.ordainhealth.com

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