Top 100 companies worldwide: Pharmaceuticals

The global pharmaceutical market size is currently at approximately US$1.5 trillion. The range of pharmaceutical products varies from antibiotics, which haven’t changed much in almost a century, to the latest generation of gene therapies and individually tailored treatments. The increasing use of Big Data and artificial intelligence in researching diseases and developing new drugs massively accelerates the growth of this industry. Almost half of the world's pharmaceutical revenues are generated in the United States. With its life science and technology hubs that guarantee innovation and a market that is paying the highest drug prices globally, this is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.The number of large companies in the pharmaceuticals industry is an indicator of the overall economic performance of that sector. Not only do these companies provide jobs for the local markets, but they are also able to achieve success in global markets, thus generating greater value.