The consumer health industry is a multi-billion industry worldwide. Some of the consumer items in this area include band-aids, teeth whitening products, vitamin products, acne removing creams, etc. In this post, let’s take a quick look at The Top 10 Global Consumer Health Companies in 2018. Below is a short overview of this industry: Consumer …
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The number of publicly-listed US companies continues to decline each year. From a peak of over 7,600 in 1997 the number has shrunk to about 3,600 at the end of 2017. That is a reduction of over 50%. Click to enlarge Source: Where Have All the Public Companies Gone?, April 8, 2018, Bloomberg Despite the fall …
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The biotech sector is soaring this year with the benchmark NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index up by over 27% YTD as of the end of September. Investors’ attraction towards biotech stocks shows no signs of showing as evidenced by many successful IPOs being launched on a weekly basis and also trading volumes. In addition, one of the top viewed pages …
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Contract Research Organizations (CROs) play an important role in medical innovation as more pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies outsource many of their R&D activities. The top 10 global CROs are listed in the chart below. Here is a brief overview of the CRO industry: In 2017, the global CRO services market is estimated to …
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The Top 20 Best Selling Drugs in 2018 are shown in the chart below with their sales figures in 2017: Click to enlarge Source: IGEA Hub via microbeminded All of the top selling drugs above are owned by major pharmaceutical firms. For example, the popular brand drug Humira is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other related diseases …
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