List of pharmaceutical companies

Top 50 pharmaceutical companies
The following is a list of the top 50 pharmaceutical and biotech companies ranked by healthcare revenue. Some companies (eg, Bayer) have additional chemicals 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 2005

1-A

 * 3M, a diversified global technology company based in the United States which produces pharmaceuticals as part of its health care business
 * Abbott Laboratories, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * Able Laboratories (external link), a former American generic pharmaceutical manufacturer which entered bankruptcy in 2005
 * Aburaihan (external link), the largest Iranian pharmaceutical manufacturer
 * Alkermes, an American company
 * Allergan, an American multinational
 * Almirall Prodesfarma, a Spanish multinational
 * Alphapharm, an Australian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck KGaA
 * Altana Pharma AG, formerly Byk Gulden, part of Altana AG, a German maker of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
 * ALZA Corporation, an American company acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001
 * Amgen, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * Astellas Pharma, a Japanese company formed in 2005 through the merger of Fujisawa Pharmaceutical and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical
 * Astra AB, a former Swedish company which in 1999 merged with Zeneca Group PLC to form AstraZeneca
 * AstraZeneca, a top-20 pharma company based in the United Kingdom formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC
 * Aventis, a former French company which in 2004 merged with Sanofi-Synthélabo to form Sanofi-Aventis

B-D

 * Bakhtar Bioshimi (external link), an Iranian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
 * Bayer, a top-20 pharma company based in Germany
 * Biogen Idec, an American company formed in 2003 through the merger of Biogen and Idec Pharmaceuticals
 * Biolex, an American company
 * BioPort, an American vaccine manufacturer and a subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions
 * Biotecnol, a Portuguese company
 * Biovail, the largest Canadian harmaceutical company
 * Boehringer-Ingelheim, a top-20 pharma company based in Germany
 * Bristol-Myers Squibb, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * Catalytica, a former American company which merged with Synotex Company in 2000 to form DSM Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, now known as DSM Pharmaceuticals
 * CCL Pharmaceuticals (external link), a Pakistani company
 * Celltech, a former British company acquired by the Belgian company UCB in 2004
 * Century Pharmaceuticals (external link), an Indian company
 * Cephalon (external link), an American company known for the narcolepsy drug, Modafinil
 * Cipla, an Indian company best known as a manufacturer of anti-AIDS drugs
 * Claris Lifesciences (external link), a multinational based in India
 * Daiichi Pharmaceuticals, a former Japanese company which merged with Sankyo Co., Ltd. in 2005 to form Daiichi Sankyo
 * Daiichi Sankyo (external link), a Japanese holding company formed in 2005 through the merger of Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Pharmaceuticals
 * Diosynth, a former Dutch company acquired in 2005 by the American firm Organon International, which is in turn a part of the Dutch Akzo Nobel
 * Douglas Pharmaceuticals (external link), a New Zealand-based company
 * Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences (external link), an American company focused on topical therapeutics
 * DSM Pharmaceuticals

E-L

 * Eli Lilly and Company, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * Ethypharm (external link) a French company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
 * Genentech, an American biopharmaceutical company, considered to have founded the biotechnology industry as a whole
 * Genzyme, an American company
 * Gilead Sciences, an American biopharmaceutical company
 * GlaxoSmithKline, a top-20 pharma company based in the United Kingdom
 * GPC Biotech, a German biopharmaceutical company
 * Grindex external link, the largest pharmaceutical company in the Baltic States.
 * Hexal Australia, an Australian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, part of the Hexal International Group
 * Hexal International Group (external link), a German generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
 * Hoffmann-La Roche, or Roche, a top-20 pharma company based in Switzerland
 * ICN Pharmaceuticals, now known as Valeant
 * Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit American pharmaceutical company focused on developing infectious disease drugs for developing countries
 * Ipsen (external link), a French company
 * Isis Pharmaceuticals (external link), an American company focused on development of RNA-based therapeutics
 * Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson
 * Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson
 * Jelfa SA (external link), a Polish generic pharmaceutical manufacturer
 * Johnson & Johnson, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * King Pharmaceuticals, an American company
 * Knoll Pharmaceuticals, formerly the pharmaceutical division of BASF, acquired by Abbott in 2001
 * Krka, d. d., a Slovenian generic pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturer
 * Kurve Technology, Inc. (external link) an American company specialized in the development of drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry
 * LEO Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical company
 * Lundbeck, a Danish company

M-R

 * Mansfield-King
 * MedImmune
 * Menarini
 * Merck & Co.
 * Merck KGaA
 * Meyer Organics
 * Millennium Pharmaceuticals
 * Novartis
 * Novo Nordisk
 * Nucleics DNA sequencing reagents, services & software
 * Ordain Health Care
 * Organon International (Organon) products, the healthcare division of Akzo Nobel
 * Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
 * Ovation Pharma
 * Pfizer
 * Pharmacia, now part of Pfizer
 * Pharmacosmos, a pharmaceutical company based in Denmark
 * Pierre Fabre Group
 * Pliva
 * Procter & Gamble
 * Ranbaxy
 * Roche
 * Searle Pharmaceutical, A leading Pharmaceutical of Pakistan
 * Sanofi-Aventis, a global top-20 pharma company based in France
 * Schering, a German company
 * Schering-Plough, an American company created during World War II through seizure of assets from Schering
 * Serono, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company
 * Servier Laboratories
 * Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, a British company
 * Solvay Group
 * Sugen, purchased by Pfizer in 2003
 * Takeda, a top-20 pharma company based in Japan
 * TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc (external link), a joint-venture of Abbott and Takeda, created without discovery or manufacturing capabilities
 * UCB, a Belgian biopharmaceutical company
 * Upsher-Smith Laboratories (external link), a branded generic manufacturer
 * Valeant, formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals, an American company
 * Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American company
 * Wyeth, formerly American Home Products, a top-20 pharma company based in the United States
 * Xencor (external link), a biopharmaceutical company without marketed products as of April 2006