List of largest pharmaceutical companies by Revenue - wikipedia List of largest pharmaceutical companies by Revenue The following is a list of the top 15 independent pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies ranked by their revenue generated in the respective financial year, it does not include biotechnology companies that are now owned by, or part of, larger pharmaceutical groups. 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. Green cells indicate years where revenue increased compared to the previous year, red cells indicate those years where there has been a decrease. Contents 1 Top - 20 Pharmaceutical companies by revenue 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Top - 20 Pharmaceutical companies by revenue Rank Chg Company 2017 USD billions 2016 USD billions 2015 USD billions 2014 USD billions 2013 USD billions 2012 USD billions 2011 USD billions Johnson & Johnson NYSE : JNJ 17.80 Q1 18.84 Q2 19.70 Q3 56.34 71.89 70.04 74.30 71.31 67.20 65.00 Roche OTCQX : RHHBY 13.02 Q1 14.14 Q2 13.19 Q3 40.35 50.11 47.70 49.86 48.53 47.80 45.21 Pfizer NYSE : PFE 12.80 Q1 12.90 Q2 13.17 Q3 37.87 52.82 48.85 49.61 51.58 58.99 65.26 Novartis NYSE : NVS 11.54 Q1 12.24 Q2 12.41 Q3 36.19 48.52 49.41 58.00 57.36 56.67 58.57 Sanofi NYSE : SNY 9.42 Q1 10.23 Q1 10.55 Q2 30.74 36.57 36.73 43.07 42.08 46.41 44.34 6 Bayer FWB : BAYN 10.67 Q1 10.24 Q2 9.36 Q3 30.27 25.27 24.09 25.47 24.17 24.30 23.11 7 Merck & Co. NYSE : MRK 9.40 Q1 9.93 Q2 10.30 Q2 29.63 39.80 39.50 42.24 44.03 47.27 48.05 8 GlaxoSmithKline NYSE : GSK 9.58 Q1 9.59 Q2 10.41 Q3 29.58 34.79 29.84 37.96 41.61 39.93 41.39 9 AbbVie NYSE : ABBV 6.50 Q1 6.94 Q2 7.00 Q3 20.44 25.56 22.82 19.96 18.79 -- -- 10 Gilead Sciences NASDAQ : GILD 6.38 Q1 7.05 Q2 6.40 Q3 19.83 30.39 32.15 24.47 10.80 9.70 8.39 11 Abbott Laboratories NASDAQ : ABT 6.34 Q1 6.60 Q2 6.80 Q3 19.74 20.85 20.41 20.25 21.85 39.87 38.85 12 Amgen NASDAQ : AMGN 5.46 Q1 5.80 Q2 5.77 Q3 17.03 22.99 21.66 20.06 18.68 17.30 15.58 13 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries NASDAQ : TEVA 5.63 Q1 5.69 Q2 5.61 Q3 16.93 21.90 20.00 20.27 20.31 18.31 16.12 14 Eli Lilly & Co NYSE : LLY 5.23 Q1 5.82 Q2 5.66 Q3 16.71 21.22 20.00 19.62 23.11 22.60 24.29 15 AstraZeneca NASDAQ : AZN 5.41 Q1 5.05 Q2 6.23 Q3 16.69 23.00 24.71 26.10 25.71 27.97 33.59 16 Bristol - Myers Squibb NASDAQ : BMY 4.93 Q1 5.14 Q2 5.25 Q3 15.32 19.43 16.56 15.88 16.39 17.62 21.24 17 Novo Nordisk NYSE : NVO 4.08 Q1 4.23 Q2 4.79 Q3 13.10 16.61 16.06 15.83 14.88 13.48 11.56 18 Merck Group ETR : MRK 4.12 Q1 4.45 Q2 4.31 Q3 12.88 15.80 13.95 14.99 14.77 13.02 12.83 19 Shire NASDAQ : SHPG 3.57 Q1 3.60 Q2 3.50 Q3 10.67 11.40 6.42 6.00 4.76 4.68 3.50 20 Biogen NASDAQ : BIIB 2.81 Q1 3.08 Q2 3.07 Q3 8.96 11.40 10.80 9.70 6.90 5.50 5.00 References : See also List of largest biotechnology & pharmaceutical companies References Jump up ^ `` 1. 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Question: what is the biggest pharmaceutical company in america
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