Top 150 Companies Ranked by Pharmaceutical Sales-Sorted by Country wise

Ranking Country Company 2008 Pharma Sales (US$m)

37 Australia CSL 3033.69
130 Austria Ebewe Pharma 326.64
31 Belgium UCB 4453.75
32 Belgium Solvay 3971.15
141 Belgium Therabel 248.66
88 Canada Biovail 714.55
123 Chile Norgine 342.53
140 China Simcere Pharmaceutical 250.36
75 Czech Republic Zentiva 941.48

21 Denmark Novo Nordisk 8989.43

44 Denmark H Lundbeck 2187.91

70 Denmark Leo Pharma 1126.69
119 Denmark ALK-Abello 352.05
78 Finland Orion Pharma 883.39

2 France Sanofi-Aventis 40561.9

82 France Pierre Fabre 812.18
139 France Stallergenes 251.42
143 France Laboratoires Thea 228.06

27 France Servier 5443.96

54 France Ipsen 1428.7
61 Germany Gruenenthal 1271.24
104 Germany Biotest 499.41
8 Germany Merck & Co 23619.9

13 Germany Boehringer Ingelheim 16373.07

14 Germany Bayer 15749.22

23 Germany Merck KGaA 7488.38
43 Germany STADA 2422.07
94 Germany Merz 619.07
100 Greece Vianex 521.59
120 Greece Lavipharm 350.23
129 Greece Genesis Pharma 328.72
55 Hungary Gedeon Richter 1388.27
52 India Dr Reddy's 1578.92
69 India Cipla 1145.4
72 India Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 986.47
79 India Lupin 871.85
81 India Wockhardt 829.53
87 India Piramal Healthcare 720.29
91 India Cadila Healthcare 673.56
98 India Jubilant Organosys 536.54
105 India Glenmark Pharmaceuticals 483.28
118 India Torrent Pharmaceuticals 366.33
131 India Orchid Pharmaceuticals 293.62
145 India Biocon 211.2
89 Ireland Elan Corp 698.6
19 Israel Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 11085
124 Israel Taro Pharmaceutical Industries 341.94
71 Italy Chiesi 1100.56
73 Italy Recordati 985.49
77 Italy Sigma-Tau 902.52
92 Italy Zambon 658.57
106 Italy Italfarmaco 467.86
126 Italy Alfa Wassermann 337.08
22 Japan Daiichi Sankyo 8135.39
42 Japan Taisho Pharmaceutical 2485.27
68 Japan Asahi Kasei Pharma 1160.3
18 Japan Takeda Pharmaceutical 14050.2
20 Japan Astellas 9367.27
24 Japan Eisai 7383.64
26 Japan Otsuka Pharmaceutical 6563.99
33 Japan Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma 3756.06
45 Japan Shionogi 2163.1
47 Japan Kyowa Hakko Kirin 2041.35
48 Japan Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma 2006.12
57 Japan Ono Pharmaceutical 1324.6
64 Japan Teijin 1233.33
66 Japan Hisamitsu 1209.15
74 Japan Santen Pharmaceutical 967.7
80 Japan Ajinomoto 831.78
83 Japan Kaken Pharmaceutical 804.42
84 Japan Kyorin 794.95
90 Japan Mochida Pharmaceutical 695.59
97 Japan Japan Tobacco 550.55
99 Japan Kissei 536.37
108 Japan Maruho 462.59
109 Japan Toray Industries 460.75
110 Japan Sawai Pharmaceutical 429.55
112 Japan Nippon Kayaku 410.55
113 Japan Nippon Shinyaku 408.54
116 Japan Terumo 387.88
117 Japan Kaneka 386.58
121 Japan Towa Pharmaceutical 348.87
125 Japan Yakult Honsha 341.78
135 Japan Seikagaku 263.91
147 Japan Nippon Chemiphar 208.45
149 Japan Senju Pharmaceutical 204.67
128 Netherlands Crucell 332.6
146 Norway Pronova BioPharma 211.05

144 Portugal Bial Portela 215.26

59 Slovenia KRKA 1311.6
107 South Africa Aspen Pharmacare 466.68
93 South Korea Dong-A 653.15
101 South Korea Hanmi Pharm 518.94
102 South Korea Daewoong Pharmaceutical 509.36
114 South Korea Choongwae 406.97
132 South Korea Chong Kun Dang 282.01
133 South Korea Il Dong 279.39
137 South Korea Handok 255.84
148 South Korea Boryung 207.63
56 Spain Almirall 1328.33
67 Spain Esteve 1184.43
51 Sweden Meda 1589.35
4 Switzerland Novartis 33888
5 Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche 33315.71

29 Switzerland Nycomed 4696.22

58 Switzerland Actelion 1323.8
60 Switzerland Ferring 1272.71
63 Switzerland Galderma 1256.23
115 Switzerland Galenica AG 402.07
3 UK GlaxoSmithKline 37810.42

6 UK AstraZeneca 31601

39 UK Shire 2754.2
7 USA Johnson & Johnson 24567

12 USA Abbott Laboratories 16708

25 USA Baxter International 7356

40 USA Hospira 2701.2
41 USA Alcon 2561.2
46 USA Celgene Corp 2137.68

53 USA King Pharmaceuticals 1485.62

111 USA Cubist Pharmaceuticals 422.08

127 USA Abraxis BioScience 335.63

 1 USA Pfizer 44174
9 USA Eli Lilly 19284.7
10 USA Wyeth 19025.4
11 USA Bristol-Myers Squibb 17715
15 USA Amgen 14687
16 USA Procter & Gamble 14578
17 USA Schering-Plough 14253
28 USA Gilead Sciences 5084.8
30 USA Mylan 4631.24
34 USA Forest Laboratories 3636.06
35 USA Allergan 3502.3
36 USA Genzyme 3238.31
38 USA Biogen Idec 2839.65
49 USA Cephalon 1943.46
50 USA Watson Pharmaceuticals 1801
62 USA Endo Pharmaceuticals 1260.54
65 USA Sepracor 1215.24
76 USA Warner Chilcott 918.99
85 USA Amylin Pharmaceuticals 765.34
86 USA Valeant Pharmaceuticals 733
95 USA Covidien 582
96 USA Par Pharmaceutical Companies 561.01
103 USA Medicis Pharmaceutical 500.98
122 USA Medicines Co 348.16
134 USA United Therapeutics 270.01
136 USA Alexion Pharmaceuticals 259
138 USA BioMarin Pharmaceutical 251.85
142 USA ViroPharma 232.31
150 USA OSI Pharmaceuticals 196
Source: SCRIP News