List of largest biotechnology & pharmaceutical companies

The following is a list of the top 25 independent biotechnology companies listed on a stock exchange (as indicated) ranked by market capitalization. Note that it does not include biotechnology companies that are now owned by, or part of, larger pharmaceutical groups.

Rankings

Rank[N 1] Company Largest Market Cap (USD billions) Market Cap in Q2 2017 (USD billions) Market Cap in 2016 (USD billions)[1][2] Market Cap in 2015 (USD billions)[3] Market Cap in 2014 (USD billions)[4] Market Cap in 2013 (USD billions)
1 SteadyUnited States Johnson & Johnson[P]
NYSE: JNJ		 367.5 (June 2017) 356.1 Increase 314.1 284.2 277.8 258.3
2 SteadySwitzerland Roche[P]
OTCQX: RHHBY		 263.6 (Feb 2014) 216.7 Decrease 192.1 234.7 258.5 240.3
3 SteadyUnited States Pfizer[P]
NYSE: PFE		 310.5 (Jul 2000) 200.5 Decrease 196.3 199.3 205.4 196.0
4 SteadySwitzerland Novartis[P]
NYSE: NVS		 275.2 (Jul 2015) 197.5 Increase 170.5 206.1 229.8 195.0
5 SteadyUnited States Merck & Co.[P]
NYSE: MRK		 182.8 (Mar 2017) 175.3 Increase 164.3 147.6 166.9 146.5
6 SteadyUnited States AmgenB
NASDAQ: AMGN		 134.5 (Mar 2017) 126.7 Increase 108.9 122.5 93.1 78.7
7 SteadyFrance Sanofi[P]
NYSE: SNY		 151.3 (Sep 2014) 123.8 Increase 101.8 111.8 138.1 142.0
8 SteadyUnited States AbbVie[P]
NYSE: ABBV		 117.9 Jul 2015 115.4 Increase 100.2 96.8 104.1 83.8
9 Increase9Denmark Novo Nordisk[P]
NYSE: NVO		 159.6 (Aug 2015) 109.4 Increase 92.6 153.9 125.4 19.6
10 Increase1Germany BayerB
FWB: BAYN		 129.0 (Mar 2015) 107.4 Increase 85.3 103.2 113.2 117.4
11 Decrease2United Kingdom GlaxoSmithKline[P]
NYSE: GSK		 174.9 (May 2006) 106.0 Increase 93.3 97.6 128.9 129.6
12 Decrease2United States CelgeneB
NASDAQ: CELG		 110.0 Jul 2015 101.4 Increase 91.4 94.1 89.5 69.2
13 SteadyUnited States Gilead SciencesB
NASDAQ: GILD		 179.6 (Jun 2013) 92.5 Increase 96.6 145.8 109.0 78.4
14 Steady United States Bristol-Myers Squibb[P]
NASDAQ: BMY		 128.3 (Jul 2016) 91.8 Increase 98.2 114.8 97.6 87.2
15 Decrease3United States Eli Lilly & Co[P]
NYSE: LLY		 122.6 (Aug 2000) 90.8 Decrease 80.9 93.4 76.6 57.0
16 SteadyUnited Kingdom AstraZeneca[P]
NYSE: AZN		 102.9 (Oct 2006) 86.3 Increase 68.8 85.8 88.9 74.6
17 SteadyUnited States Abbott Laboratories[P]
NYSE: ABT		 85.5 (June 2017) 84.4 Increase 56.4 67.0 67.9 59.3
18 Decrease3Republic of Ireland Allergan[P]
NYSE: AGN		 133.5 (Jul 2015) 81.6 Increase 72.7 123.3 68.5 29.3
19 SteadyUnited States Biogen[P]
NASDAQ: BIIB		 111.7 (Mar 2015) 57.6 Decrease 61.6 68.3 79.7 66.1
20 Increase2United States Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc[P]
NASDAQ: REGN		 61.4 (Aug 2015) 52.2 Increase 39.3 56.5 42.0 27.4
21 SteadyUnited States Stryker Corporation[P]
NYSE: SYK		 54.1 (June 2017) 51.9 Increase 45.1 34.7 35.7 28.4
22 Decrease2United States Shire Pharmaceuticals[P]
NASDAQ: SHPG		 62.0 (Sep 2014) 50.0 Decrease 50.1 41.0 42.4 28.1
23 SteadyIsrael Teva Pharmaceutical[P]
NYSE: TEVA		 60.4 (Jul 2015) 33.8 Increase 37.5 55.9 49.0 37.8
24 SteadyUnited States Vertex Pharmaceuticals[P]
NASDAQ: VRTX		 34.6 (Aug 2015) 32.1 Increase 18.3 31.0 28.7 17.4
25 SteadyUnited States Zoetis[P]
NASDAQ: ALXN		 31.2 (June 2017) 30.6 Increase 26.4 23.8 21.6 16.3

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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

Graphical representation

Graphical representation of the top-25 Biotechnology companies sorted by market capitalisation for Q2 of 2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Healthcare – Google Finance".
  2. ↑ "Healthcare – Google Finance".
  3. ↑ "The World’s Biggest Public Companies". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "• Top biotech and pharmaceutical companies market value 2015 - Statistic". Statista.


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