The data illustrates the top 20 pharmaceutical companies worldwide based on prescription drug market share in 2017, and a forecast for 2024. Pfizer held nearly 6% of the world's prescription drug market in 2017 and is predicted to hold 4.3% of the global market in 2024. The global market for prescribed medicines is expected to be led by Swiss pharma giants Roche and Novartis, together with Pfizer.
Pfizer | 5.8 | 4.3 |
Novartis | 5.3 | 4.4 |
Roche | 5.3 | 4.2 |
Merck & Co | 4.5 | 3.2 |
Johnson & Johnson | 4.4 | 3.9 |
Sanofi | 4.3 | 3.7 |
GlaxoSmithKline | 3.6 | 3.2 |
AbbVie | 3.5 | 3.1 |
Gilead Sciences | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Amgen | 2.8 | 2.1 |
AstraZeneca | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Eli Lilly | 2.3 | 1.8 |
Novo Nordisk | 2.2 | 2 |
Bayer | 2.2 | 1.6 |
Allergan | 1.9 | 1.4 |
Boehringer Ingelheim | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Shire | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Takeda | 1.7 | 1.4 |
Celgene | 1.6 | 2 |