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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
