Global Pharmaceutical Industry
Global Pharmaceutical Industry has reached approx. $1358.521 billion in 2020 compared to $ 1247.073 billion in 2019. Annual growth in value is 8.203 percentage.
Pandemic and Global Pharmaceutical Industry
We are seeing a pandemic that is going on from early 2020 . Major global pharmaceutical entities have come together for development of vaccines.
Pfizer, BioNTech, Fosun Pharma, Moderna, J&J , Merck & Co, Inovio, Cansino Biologics, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Novavax, CNBG, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Astrazenca, Oxford, Serum Institute, GSK, SKBIO are some of them.
Millions of vaccine doses are being manufactured on a daily basis for prevention/spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Countries across the globe are engaged in the growth of Pharmaceutical Industry for safe and healthy living.
Developing countries like India are playing a major role in development and distribution of vaccines. India has also digitalized the entire vaccination process through apps like CoWin . CoWin helps in registration of individuals, identification of vaccine center nearby you, availability of different types of vaccines in the center, certification of vaccination et cetera. For more details on Indian healthcare sector visit https://theahad.com/healthcare-sector-in-india/
Top 20 pharmaceutical product exporting and importing countries in the world
Exports 2020 | |
Exporter | Value (in Bn) |
Germany | 97.63 |
Switzerland | 88.36 |
Ireland | 65.61 |
USA | 53.94 |
Belgium | 46.29 |
France | 37.94 |
Italy | 36.03 |
Netherlands | 33.97 |
United Kingdom | 24.87 |
Denmark | 19.09 |
India | 18.43 |
Spain | 13.76 |
China | 13.21 |
Austria | 12.38 |
Sweden | 11.76 |
Singapore | 8.93 |
Canada | 8.53 |
Slovenia | 7.90 |
Japan | 7.50 |
South Korea | 7.11 |
Imports 2020 | |
Importer | Value(in Bn) |
USA | 139.52 |
Germany | 65.80 |
Switzerland | 38.94 |
Belgium | 38.46 |
China | 34.92 |
France | 28.78 |
Japan | 28.62 |
Italy | 28.50 |
United Kingdom | 25.94 |
Netherlands | 21.14 |
Spain | 16.93 |
Canada | 14.30 |
Russian Federation | 10.81 |
Ireland | 9.25 |
Australia | 8.74 |
Poland | 8.50 |
South Korea | 7.96 |
Austria | 7.96 |
Brazil | 7.06 |
Hungary | 6.07 |


Top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies in the world by Revenue (Pharmaceutical Division)
- Roche – $49.15 bn
- Novartis – $48.659 bn
- AbbVie – $45.804 bn
- Johnson & Johnson – $45.572 bn
- Merck & Co. – $43.021bn
- Pfizer – $41.908 bn
- Bristol Myers Squibb – $41.321 Bn
- Takeda – $30 bn
- Sanofi – $25.674 bn
- Amgen – 25.424 bn
Major suppliers of medicines in the world :
Company | Headquarters |
Pfizer | United States |
Novartis | Switzerland |
Sanofi | France |
Roche Holding | Switzerland |
Merck & Co | United States |
GlaxoSmithKline | United Kingdom |
AstraZeneca | United Kingdom |
Eli Lilly & Co | United States |
Abbott Laboratories | United States |
AbbVie | United States |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | United States |
Teva Pharmaceutical | Israel |
Takeda Pharmaceutical | Japan |
Merck KGaA | Germany |
Novo Nordisk | Denmark |
Otsuka Holding | Japan |
Astellas Pharma | Japan |
Daiichi Sankyo | Japan |
Sinopharm Group | China |
Bausch Health Companies | Canada |
Gilead Science | United States |
Bayer | Germany |
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