Pharmaceutical

Companies that make, market, do drug discovery, or research and development for new pharamaceutical products for human and/or animal health.

Pharmacopeia

C&EN magazine ranks the companies by 2008 sales as follows--

US Pharmaceuticals

1 Johnson & Johnson 63.7 2 Pfizer 48.3 3 Wyeth 44.8 4 Abbott Laboratories 29.5 5 Merck 24.9 6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 20.6 7 Eli Lilly 20.4 8 Schering-Plough 18.5

Europe Pharmaceuticals

1 GlaxoSmithKline 45.2 2 Roche 42.2 3 Novartis 41.5 4 Sanofi-Aventis 40.6 5 AstraZeneca 31.6

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