List of largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue

The following is a list of the top independent pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies ranked by their revenue generated ($10 billion) in the respective financial year, it does not include biotechnology companies that are now owned by, or part of, larger pharmaceutical groups.

The change is the companies relative position in this list, compared to their relative position in the prior year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa. Green cells indicate years where revenue increased compared to the previous year, red cells indicate those years where there has been a decrease.

Top pharmaceutical companies with revenue greater than $10 billion

Rank	Chg	Company	2018 USD billions	2017 USD billions	2016 USD billions	2015 USD billions	2014 USD billions	2013 USD billions	2012 USD billions	2011 USD billions
1		Johnson & Johnson NYSE: JNJ	40.81 (Q2)[1]	76.50[2]	71.89[3]	70.10[4]	74.30[5]	71.31[6]	67.20[7]	65.00[8]
2		Roche OTCQX: RHHBY	28.30 (Q2)[9]	57.37[10]	50.11[11]	47.70[12]	49.86[13]	48.53[14]	47.80[15]	45.21[16]
3		Pfizer NYSE: PFE	26.37 (Q2)[17]	52.54[18]	52.82[19]	48.85[20]	49.61[21]	51.58[22]	58.99[23]	65.26[24]
4		Novartis NYSE: NVS	25.85 (Q2)[25]	49.11[26]	48.52[27]	49.41[28]	58.00[29]	57.36[30]	56.67[31]	58.57[32]
5	1	Bayer FWB: BAYN	21.80 (Q2)	27.76[33]	25.27[34]	24.09[35]	25.47[36]	24.17[37]	24.30[38]	23.11[39]
6	1	Merck & Co. NYSE: MRK	20.51 (Q2)[40]	40.10[41]	39.80[42]	39.50[43]	42.24[44]	44.03[45]	47.27[46]	48.05[47]
7	1	GlaxoSmithKline LSE: GSK	19.74 (Q2)[48]	42.05[49]	34.79[50]	29.84[51]	37.96[52]	41.61[53]	39.93[54]	41.39[55]
8		Sanofi NYSE: SNY	18.65 (Q2)[56]	42.91[57]	36.57[58]	36.73[59]	43.07[60]	42.08[61]	46.41[62]	44.34[63]
9		AbbVie NYSE: ABBV	16.21 (Q2)[64]	28.22[65]	25.56[66]	22.82[67]	19.96[68]	18.79[69]	–	–
10		Abbott Laboratories NASDAQ: ABT	15.16 (Q2)[70]	27.39[71]	20.85[72]	20.41[73]	20.25[74]	21.85[75]	39.87[76]	38.85[77]
11		Eli Lilly & Co NYSE: LLY	14.08 (Q2)[78]	22.90[79]	21.22[80]	20.00[81]	19.62[82]	23.11[83]	22.60[84]	24.29[85]
12		Amgen NASDAQ: AMGN	11.61 (Q2)[86]	22.80[87]	22.99[88]	21.66[89]	20.06[90]	18.68[91]	17.30[92]	15.58[93]
13	4	Bristol-Myers Squibb NASDAQ: BMY	10.90 (Q2)[94]	20.80[95]	19.43[96]	16.56[97]	15.88[98]	16.39[99]	17.62[100]	21.24[101]
14	1	Gilead Sciences NASDAQ: GILD	10.54 (Q2)[102]	25.70[103]	30.39[104]	32.15[105]	24.47[106]	10.80[107]	9.70[108]	8.39[109]
15	1	AstraZeneca LSE: AZN	10.33 (Q2)[110]	22.47[111]	23.00[112]	24.71[113]	26.10[114]	25.71[115]	27.97[116]	33.59[117]
16		Teva Pharmaceutical Industries NASDAQ: TEVA	9.77 (Q2)[118]	22.40[119]	21.90[120]	20.00[121]	20.27[122]	20.31[123]	18.31[124]	16.12[125]
17		Boehringer Ingelheim Private		21.67[126]	17.54[127]	16.41[127]	17.70[127]	18.68[127]	18.89[127]	18.34[127]
18		Merck Group ETR: MRK	8.83(Q2)[128]	18.70[129]	16.62[130]	14.25[131]	15.29[132]	14.73[133]	14.36[134]	14.31[135]
19		Novo Nordisk NYSE: NVO	8.41 (Q2)[136]	18.77[137]	16.61[138]	16.06[139]	15.83[140]	14.88[141]	13.48[142]	11.56[143]
20		Allergan plc NYSE: AGN	7.79 (Q2)[144]	15.94[145]	14.57[145]	15.07[145]	12.88[146]	8.68[147]	5.91[148]	4.58[149]
20		Takeda Pharmaceutical TYO: 4502	4.05 (Q1)	16.70[150]	15.96	14.93	16.84	17.36	18.91	17.80
21		Shire NASDAQ: SHPG	7.58 (Q2)[151]	14.40[152]	11.40[153]	6.42[154]	6.00[155]	4.76[156]	4.68[157]	3.50[158]
22		Celgene NASDAQ: CELG	7.34 (Q2)[159]	13.00	11.23	9.26	7.67	6.49	5.51	4.84
23		Biogen NASDAQ: BIIB	6.53 (Q2)[160]	12.30[161]	11.40[162]	10.80[163]	9.70[164]	6.90[165]	5.50[166]	5.00[167]

See also

• List of largest biotechnology & pharmaceutical companies

References

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