List of pharmaceutical companies

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The following is a list of the 50 largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies ranked by healthcare revenue as of 2008.[citation needed] Some companies (eg, 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.[citation needed]

Revenue Rank 2008[citation needed] Company Country Total Revenues (USD millions) Healthcare R&D 2008 (USD millions) Net income/ (loss) 2008 (USD millions) Employees 2008
1 Pfizer (with Wyeth) U.S. 70,818 NA 12,760 137,127
2 Johnson & Johnson U.S. 61,095 NA 10,576 119,200
3 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom 45,447 6,373 10,432 103,483
4 Hoffmann–La Roche Switzerland 40,315 NA 8,135 78,604
5 Sanofi-Aventis France 39,997 NA 7,204 99,495
6 Novartis Switzerland 39,800 NA 11,946 98,200
7 AstraZeneca UK/Sweden 29,559 NA 5,959 67,400
8 Abbott Laboratories U.S. 25,914 NA 3,606 68,697
9 Merck & Co. U.S. (2008) 23,850 4,678 7,808 74,372
10 Bristol-Myers Squibb U.S. 19,977 NA 2,165 42,000
11 Eli Lilly and Company U.S. 18,634 NA9 2,953 40,600
12 Amgen U.S. 14,268 3,366 2,950 48,000
13 Boehringer Ingelheim Germany 13,284 1,977 2,163 43,000
14 Baxter International U.S. 10,378 614 1,397 38,428
15 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Japan 10,284 1,620 2,870 15,000
16 Genentech U.S. 9,284 1,773 2,113 33,500
17 Procter & Gamble U.S. 8,964 n/a 10,340 29,258
18 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Israel 8,408 495 546 26,670
19 Astellas Pharma Japan 7,850 1,435 1,122 23,613
20 Daiichi Sankyo Japan 7,158 1,459 671 20,100
21 Novo Nordisk Denmark 6,520 1,063 1,086 15,358
22 Eisai Japan 5,583 926 604 14,993
23 Merck KGaA Germany 5,175 772 1,258 13,900
24 Alcon U.S. 4,897 512 1,348 13,500
25 SINOPHARM China 4,700  ??? ??? ???
26 Akzo Nobel Netherlands 4,694 741 1,449 13,000
27 UCB Belgium 4,426 1,024 492 12,741
28 Nycomed Switzerland 4,264 n/a -105 10,533
29 Forest Laboratories U.S. 3,442 941 454 9,649
30 Solvay Belgium 3,268 533 1,026 9,000
32 Allergan U.S. 3,063 1,056 -127 8,423
33 Gilead Sciences U.S. 3,026 384 -1,190 6,772
34 CSL Australia 2,788 161 454 6,400
35 Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Japan 2,787 467 328 5,962
36 Biogen Idec U.S. 2,683 718 218 5,907
37 Bausch & Lomb U.S. 2,292 197 15 5,830
38 Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Japan 2,069 244 132 5,756
39 King Pharmaceuticals U.S. 1,989 254 289 5,191
40 Watson Pharmaceuticals U.S. 1,979 131 -445 5,126
41 Mitsubishi Pharma Japan 1,945 403 208 5,111
42 Shire UK 1,797 387 278 4,958
43 Cephalon U.S. 1,764 403 145 4,913
44 Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Japan 1,763 350 193 3,750
45 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Japan 1,698 268 108 2,895
46 Shionogi Japan 1,640 320 159 2,868
47 Mylan Laboratories U.S. 1,612 104 217 2,800
48 H. Lundbeck Denmark 1,552 329 186 2,515

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  1. ^ http://www.ajantapharma.com
  2. ^ http://www.baihuayou.com/e/default_home.asp
  3. ^ Regarding PharmaMar and Neuropharma: O'Neill, Michael F.; McGettigan, Gerard (15 August 2005), Table 2: Service and products for a selection of Spanish biotechnology companies, "Spanish biotechnology: anyone for PYMEs?", Drug Discovery Today, News and Comment 10 (16): 1080, doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(05)03549-X, ISSN 1359-6446 
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