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Total 20 global prescription drug market share of top companies 2017 and 2024

Top 20 pharmaceutical companies worldwide based on prescription drug market share in 2017 and 2024

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