The data illustrates the top 20 pharmaceutical companies based on R&D spending as revenue share in 2017, and a forecast for 2024. Roche spent 22% of their prescription drug revenue on research and development in 2017 and is expected to increase the share to 23% in 2024.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 55.8 | 67.2 |
Eli Lilly | 26.8 | 24.4 |
Roche | 22 | 23 |
Boehringer Ingelheim | 21.5 | 22.3 |
Merck & Co | 21.4 | 21.8 |
Johnson & Johnson | 24.3 | 21 |
Bayer | 18.4 | 20 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | 25 | 19.9 |
Takeda | 21.6 | 19.5 |
AstraZeneca | 27.4 | 19.2 |
Astellas Pharma | 21.5 | 18.9 |
Celgene | 23.3 | 18.9 |
Sanofi | 18.1 | 18.5 |
Gilead Sciences | 13.7 | 18.3 |
Novartis | 18.7 | 16.9 |
Amgen | 16 | 16.5 |
GlaxoSmithKline | 17.4 | 16.2 |
AbbVie | 17.4 | 15.9 |
Pfizer | 16.8 | 15.7 |
Novo Nordisk | 12.5 | 12.6 |