The Pharmaceutical Executive magazine published earlier this year its annual ranking of the Top 50 Pharmaceutical Companies by revenue. The following table lists the top 25 global companies ranked based on sales in 2011:
| S.No. | Company | Ticker | 2011 Rx Sales (in $ Billions) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pfizer | PFE | $57.70 | USA |
| 2 | Novartis | NVS | $54.00 | Switzerland |
| 3 | Merck | MRK | $41.30 | USA |
| 4 | Sanofi | SNY | $37.00 | France |
| 5 | Roche | RHHBY | $34.90 | Switzerland |
| 6 | GlaxoSmithKline | GSK | $34.40 | UK |
| 7 | AstraZeneca | AZN | $33.60 | UK |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | $24.40 | USA |
| 9 | Abbott | ABT | $22.40 | USA |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | LLY | $21.90 | USA |
| 11 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | $21.20 | USA |
| 12 | Teva | TEVA | $16.70 | Israel |
| 13 | Amgen | AMGN | $15.30 | USA |
| 14 | Takeda | TKPYY | $15.20 | Japan |
| 15 | Boehringer Ingelheim | N/A | $13.80 | Germany |
| 16 | Bayer | BAYRY | $12.80 | Germany |
| 17 | Daiichi Sankyo | DSNKY | $11.60 | Japan |
| 18 | Novo Nordisk | NVO | $11.50 | Denmark |
| 19 | Astellas | ALPMY | $11.40 | Japan |
| 20 | Gilead Sciences | GILD | $8.10 | USA |
| 21 | Otsuka | OTSKY | $7.40 | Japan |
| 22 | Merck KGaA | MKGAY | $7.20 | Germany |
| 23 | Baxter International | BAX | $6.10 | USA |
| 24 | Mylan | MYL | $5.50 | USA |
| 25 | Servier | N/A | $5.00 | France |
Source: Pharmaceutical Executive
The top 50 companies accounted sold $610 billion in human prescription pharmaceuticals last year and just the top 10 accounted for 59% of the total sales of the 50 companies. Four companies that dropped off the ranking due to mergers are Genzyme, Alcon, Cephalon and Nycomed. Israel-based world’s largest generic drug maker Teva(TEVA) was ranked at number 12. Amgen(AMGN) and Gilead Sciences(GILD), two of the hot biotech companies from the 90s, appear in the above list as well.
The complete list of the top 50 companies and other rankings can be found in the pdf document located here.
Related:
The World’s 50 Largest Pharmaceutical Companies by Sales (in 2010)
The Top 50 Global Pharma Companies 2013
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