Pharmaceuticals: Corporations

* Dollar amounts given in Billions USD.

Name Country Sales* Profits* Assets* Market Value*
Abbott Laboratories United States $30.76 graph $5.75graph $52.42 graph $84.29 graph
Actelion Switzerland $1.71 graph $0.30graph $2.53 graph $5.02 graph
Alexion Pharmaceuticals United States $0.39 graph $0.30graph $0.79 graph $4.55 graph
Alfresa Holdings Japan $19.87 graph $0.06graph $8.88 graph $2.04 graph
AmerisourceBergen United States $73.76 graph $0.54graph $13.56 graph $7.93 graph
Amgen United States $14.64 graph $4.61graph $39.63 graph $55.72 graph
Astellas Pharma Japan $9.92 graph $1.76graph $13.18 graph $17.81 graph
AstraZeneca United Kingdom $32.80 graph $7.52graph $53.63 graph $63.56 graph
Biogen Idec United States $4.38 graph $0.97graph $8.55 graph $15.31 graph
Bristol-Myers Squibb United States $18.81 graph $10.61graph $31.01 graph $41.81 graph
Celesio Germany $30.40 graph $-0.03graph $10.39 graph $4.97 graph
Celgene United States $2.69 graph $0.78graph $5.39 graph $28.18 graph
Cephalon United States $2.19 graph $0.34graph $4.66 graph $5.23 graph
CSL Australia $3.73 graph $0.92graph $5.77 graph $17.44 graph
Daiichi Sankyo Japan $8.65 graph $-2.21graph $14.20 graph $14.32 graph
Eisai Japan $8.03 graph $0.49graph $10.91 graph $11.58 graph
Eli Lilly & Co United States $21.84 graph $4.33graph $27.46 graph $39.58 graph
Essilor International France $4.68 graph $0.56graph $5.90 graph $13.22 graph
Forest Labs United States $4.10 graph $0.75graph $6.11 graph $9.16 graph
Genzyme United States $4.52 graph $0.42graph $10.06 graph $15.63 graph
Gilead Sciences United States $7.01 graph $2.64graph $9.70 graph $42.76 graph
GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom $45.83 graph $8.94graph $65.38 graph $95.36 graph
Henry Schein United States $6.54 graph $0.31graph $3.84 graph $5.16 graph
Hospira United States $3.88 graph $0.40graph $5.50 graph $8.75 graph
Johnson & Johnson United States $61.90 graph $12.27graph $94.68 graph $174.90 graph
Life Technologies United States $3.28 graph $0.14graph $9.12 graph $9.40 graph
Merck Germany $11.10 graph $0.52graph $23.20 graph $17.43 graph
Merck & Co United States $27.43 graph $12.90graph $112.09 graph $116.11 graph
Mylan United States $5.09 graph $0.23graph $10.80 graph $6.56 graph
Novartis Switzerland $44.27 graph $8.40graph $90.89 graph $126.22 graph
Novo Nordisk Denmark $9.83 graph $2.07graph $10.27 graph $44.65 graph
Novozymes Denmark $1.63 graph $0.23graph $2.09 graph $6.41 graph
Ono Pharmaceutical Japan $1.40 graph $0.24graph $4.21 graph $5.52 graph
Pfizer United States $50.01 graph $8.64graph $212.95 graph $143.23 graph
Roche Holding Switzerland $47.35 graph $7.51graph $69.64 graph $146.19 graph
Sankyo Japan $1.93 graph $0.29graph $4.98 graph $4.73 graph
Sanofi-aventis France $41.99 graph $7.54graph $114.85 graph $98.07 graph
Shionogi & Co Japan $2.34 graph $0.16graph $5.08 graph $7.10 graph
Shire Ireland $3.01 graph $0.49graph $4.62 graph $12.11 graph
Shoppers Drug Mart Canada $9.53 graph $0.56graph $6.54 graph $9.28 graph
Sinopharm Group China $5.61 graph $0.09graph $2.34 graph $9.54 graph
Sun Pharma Industries India $0.81 graph $0.35graph $1.59 graph $6.92 graph
Suzuken Japan $16.86 graph $0.07graph $8.38 graph $3.11 graph
Takeda Pharmaceutical Japan $15.80 graph $2.41graph $27.83 graph $35.47 graph
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Israel $14.36 graph $2.07graph $33.21 graph $56.19 graph
Toho Holdings Japan $8.62 graph $-0.03graph $4.03 graph $0.99 graph
UCB Belgium $4.35 graph $0.72graph $13.29 graph $7.91 graph
Warner Chilcott Ireland $1.44 graph $0.51graph $6.03 graph $6.68 graph
Watson Pharma United States $2.79 graph $0.22graph $5.99 graph $4.86 graph

Sources: Forbes 2000, April 2010

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