7 AbbVie Inc ., U . S . A .
Eli
Lilly & Co ., U . S . A .
10 BIGGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
7 AbbVie Inc ., U . S . A .
Market cap : US $ 107.64 billion
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Eli
Lilly & Co ., U . S . A .
Market cap : US $ 91.2 billion
Founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly , Eli Lilly & Co . now has over 41,000 employees worldwide with products marked in 120 countries .
Eli Lilly was one of the first companies to initiate a bonafide pharmaceutical research program , hiring a pharmaceutical chemist as its first scientist . The company was also one of the first to develop a method to mass-produce penicillin in the 1940s , the world ’ s first antibiotic , marking the beginning of a sustained effort to fight infectious diseases .
Based in Illinois , AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company that has the ability to discover and advance innovative therapies and meet the health needs of people and societies around the globe . Core areas of focus include immunology , kidney disease , liver disease , neuroscience , oncology and women ’ s health . AbbVie investigates both small and large molecule approaches , and internal research efforts are balanced with external collaborations across industry , academia and healthcare authorities .
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