List of largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies

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The following is a list of the independent biotechnology companies listed on a stock exchange (as indicated) with current market capitalization of at least USD 10 billion, in decreasing order.
The list does not include biotechnology companies that are currently owned by, or a part of, larger pharmaceutical groups.
Contents
1 Rankings
1.1 Footnotes
2 See also
3 References
Rankings
Rank[N 1] |
Company |
Largest Market Cap (USD billions) |
Market Cap in Q3 2018 (USD billions) |
Market Cap in 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 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: JNJ |
397.4 (Jan 2018) |
370.6 ![]() |
375.4 |
314.1 |
284.2 |
277.8 |
258.3 |
2 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: PFE |
310.5 (Jul 2000) |
262.2 ![]() |
215.9 |
196.3 |
199.3 |
205.4 |
196.0 |
3 ![]() |
![]() SIX: ROG |
263.6 (Feb 2014) |
201.4 ![]() |
216.7 |
192.1 |
234.7 |
258.5 |
240.3 |
4 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: NVS |
275.2 (Jul 2015) |
200.8 ![]() |
196.7 |
170.5 |
206.1 |
229.8 |
195.0 |
5 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: ABBV |
196.2 (Jan 2018) |
191.0 ![]() |
154.4 |
100.2 |
96.8 |
104.1 |
83.8 |
6 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: MRK |
196.2 (Mar 2017) |
163.4 ![]() |
153.3 |
164.3 |
147.6 |
166.9 |
146.5 |
7 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: AMGN |
143.0 (Jan 2018) |
137.2 ![]() |
126.2 |
108.9 |
122.5 |
93.1 |
78.7 |
8 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: ABT |
129.9 (Oct 2018) |
128.6 ![]() |
99.3 |
56.4 |
67.0 |
67.9 |
59.3 |
9 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: NVO |
159.6 (Aug 2015) |
114.5 ![]() |
131.2 |
92.6 |
153.9 |
125.4 |
19.6 |
10 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: LLY |
125.3 (Oct 2018) |
116.5 ![]() |
93.0 |
80.9 |
93.4 |
76.6 |
57.0 |
11 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: SNY |
151.3 (Sep 2014) |
111.5 ![]() |
108.2 |
101.8 |
111.8 |
138.1 |
142.0 |
12 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: BMY |
128.3 (Jul 2016) |
101.5 ![]() |
100.3 |
98.2 |
114.8 |
97.6 |
87.2 |
13 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: GILD |
179.6 (Jun 2013) |
100.7 ![]() |
93.6 |
96.6 |
145.8 |
109.0 |
78.4 |
14 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: AZN |
102.9 (Oct 2006) |
100.2 ![]() |
87.9 |
68.8 |
85.8 |
88.9 |
74.6 |
15 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: GSK |
174.9 (May 2006) |
99.6 ![]() |
87.9 |
93.3 |
97.6 |
128.9 |
129.6 |
16 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: BIIB |
111.7 (Mar 2015) |
74.6 ![]() |
67.4 |
61.6 |
68.3 |
79.7 |
66.1 |
17 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: SYK |
67.2 (June 2018) |
66.4 ![]() |
58.0 |
45.1 |
34.7 |
35.7 |
28.4 |
18 ![]() |
![]() NYSE: AGN |
133.5 (Jul 2015) |
65.9 ![]() |
54.4 |
72.7 |
123.3 |
68.5 |
29.3 |
19 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: CELG |
115.3 (Oct 2017) |
65.0 ![]() |
82.2 |
91.4 |
94.1 |
89.5 |
69.2 |
20 ![]() |
![]() FWB: BAYN |
129.0 (Mar 2015) |
61.5 ![]() |
101.9 |
85.3 |
103.2 |
113.2 |
117.4 |
21 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: SHPG |
62.0 (Sep 2014) |
55.2 ![]() |
47.0 |
50.1 |
41.0 |
42.4 |
28.1 |
22 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: ILMN |
54.0 (Sept 2018) |
54.0 ![]() |
40.2 |
39.4 |
35.4 |
28.6 |
25.7 |
23 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: VRTX |
49.1 (Sept 2018) |
49.1 ![]() |
37.9 |
18.3 |
31.0 |
28.7 |
17.4 |
24 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: ZTS |
45.3 (Sept 2018) |
44.3 ![]() |
35.1 |
26.4 |
23.8 |
21.6 |
16.3 |
25 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: REGN |
61.4 (Aug 2015) |
43.6 ![]() |
40.4 |
39.3 |
56.5 |
42.0 |
27.4 |
26 ![]() |
![]() TYO: 4503 |
35.9 (Nov 2017) |
34.5 ![]() |
29.3 |
25.7 |
40.6 |
35.8 |
27.6 |
27 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: TYO |
59.6 (June 2007) |
33.9 ![]() |
40.2 |
45.6 |
47.8 |
37.5 |
34.3 |
28 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: ALXN |
47.0 (Jul 2015) |
30.9 ![]() |
26.7 |
27.4 |
43.1 |
36.7 |
26.0 |
29 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: DSNKY |
27.9 (June 2018) |
30.7 ![]() |
27.5 |
35.3 |
38.8 |
33.2 |
28.7 |
30 ![]() |
![]() TYO: 4523 |
24.7 (June 2018) |
28.8 ![]() |
24.5 |
37.3 |
28.8 |
30.2 |
28.7 |
31 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: MYL |
37.2 (Apr 2015) |
18.9 ![]() |
27.5 |
30.3 |
38.8 |
33.2 |
35.7 |
32 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: BMRN |
24.0 (Jul 2015) |
17.4 ![]() |
18.3 |
20.4 |
13.8 |
12.9 |
10.8 |
33 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: INCY |
31.2 (Mar 2017) |
14.6 ![]() |
18.3 |
15.4 |
10.6 |
7.3 |
4.6 |
34 ![]() |
![]() NASDAQ: PRGO |
29.0 (May 2017) |
10.0 ![]() |
9.9 |
9.5 |
8.3 |
14.7 |
12.2 |
Footnotes
^ 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
B – Biotechnology company
P – Pharmaceutical company
See also
- List of largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue
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