Hardman & Co Research: Global Pharmaceuticals: 2018 industry sales

Over the last few weeks, most of the multi-national pharmaceutical companies have reported results for 2018, which has given us the opportunity to update our industry statistics and drug database. This report provides the first publication of global and US rankings of the top 15 drug companies for 2018. Comparisons are made with historical data to show how different company strategies have evolved. In addition, analysis has been provided for the evolution of therapeutic biopharmaceutical drugs, which saw sales rise 7.5% to $219bn, representing 25% of the market, and driven by growth in antibody-derived drugs.

Companies (Ticker ISIN) mentioned in this report: AbbVie (ABBV US00287Y1091), Amgen (AMGN US0311621009), AstraZeneca (AZN GB0009895292), Bayer (BAYGN DE000BAY0017), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY US1101221083), Celgene (CELG US1510201049), Gilead Sciences (GILD US3755581036), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK GB0009252882), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ US4781601046), Eli Lilly (LLY US5324571083), Merck & Co (MRK US58933Y1055), Novartis (NOVN CH0012005267), Novo Nordisk (NOVO DK0060534915), Pfizer (PFE US7170811035), Roche (ROG CH0012032113), Sanofi (SAN FR0000120578), Takeda (4502 JP3463000004), Teva (TEVA US8816242098). Please click here for the full report:

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