The world’s biggest pharma companies are an interesting mix of established players, like Johnson & Johnson, and upstarts like Roche Holding AG. All five companies have their own unique history in the industry and all of them have major products on the market. In this article, we’ll take a look at these 5 companies and explore how they’re doing business today:
Pfizer
Pfizer is a global pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart, who produced anti-typhoid vaccines. The company’s headquarters are located in New York City, with additional offices around the world. Pfizer has a market capitalization of $31.37 billion and employs more than 100,000 people globally (as of 2018). It has been named one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 19 years running–the longest streak ever recorded by Forbes Magazine! Pfizer also holds numerous patents on medications such as Viagra (which treats erectile dysfunction) and Lipitor (used to lower cholesterol). This makes them an attractive partner for many governments looking for ways to improve their healthcare systems without breaking their budgets; however, some critics argue that these patents are too long-lasting due to patent extensions granted by governments over time rather than from scientific discoveries made by researchers working at Pfizer itself.”
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a multinational company headquartered in New Jersey. It is the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, with more than $70 billion in annual sales and over 300,000 employees worldwide. The company has been around since 1886 when it was founded by Robert Wood Johnson I and James Wood Johnson II as a small family business selling drugs from their pharmacy in Racine Wisconsin. Today they produce over 30000 products across different markets such as consumer health care products (toothpaste etc.), medical devices (stents), diagnostic equipment for laboratories etc..
Merck and Co.
Merck & Co., Inc., (known as Merck in the United States and Canada) is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. It is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and is based out of West Point, Pennsylvania. Merck has been operating since 1891 when George W. Merck began producing medicines in Darmstadt Germany for his father’s pharmacy business which was founded by his grandfather Friedrich Jacob Christian Merck in 1794.[1] Merck operates globally with 140 countries worldwide[2] and over 70,000 employees.[3] The company portfolio includes medicines that treat diseases such as diabetes mellitus type 2; hypertension; cancer; pain management etc…
Roche Holding AG
Roche Holding AG is a Swiss multinational health care company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It is the world’s largest biotech, diagnostics and pharma company with an annual turnover of $70 billion. Roche has over 100,000 employees worldwide and operates in over 100 countries. The company was founded as F Hoffman La Roche & Co (FLR) by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche and his father Louis in 1896.[3] FLR started out as a manufacturer of various chemical products including synthetic dyes, photographic materials and later on antibiotics produced from microorganisms.[4][5] In 1989 it merged with Ciba-Geigy to form Novartis which later became known as Novartis International AG following its purchase by Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc in 2016.[6][7]
AbbVie Inc.
AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company that was formed in 2013 when Abbot and AbbVie merged. It has its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois and has been ranked as the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue for several years now.
There’s no doubt that these are some of the biggest and most influential companies in the world. They have been around for decades, creating products that have changed people’s lives for the better and making billions of dollars in profits along the way. However, it is also important to remember that these pharmaceutical giants are not infallible–they make mistakes just like anyone else does! This article was written with the intention of providing an unbiased look at how each company ranks among its peers today so that readers can make informed decisions about where they want their money invested tomorrow (and beyond).
