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This listing is limited to those independent companies and subsidiaries notable enough to have their own articles in Wikipedia. Both going concerns and defunct firms are included, as well as firms that were part of the pharmaceutical industry at some time in their existence, provided they were engaged in the production of human (as opposed to veterinary) therapeutics.
A drug manufacturer inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration. The pharmaceutical industry is a medical industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods such as medications and medical devices.
Merck & Co. traces its origins to its former German parent company Merck Group, which was established by the Merck family in 1668 when Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a drug store in Darmstadt. [27] [28] In 1827, Merck Group evolved from a pharmacy to a drug manufacturer company with the commercial manufacture of morphine. [29]
[60] [61] Insulin, "the most important drug" in the company's history, did "more than any other" to make Lilly "one of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world." [ 52 ] Eli Lilly and Company enjoyed an effective monopoly on the sale of insulin in the U.S. for almost two years, until the first of the new American licensees, Frederick ...
Pharmaceutical manufacturing is the process of industrial-scale synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs as part of the pharmaceutical industry. The process of drug manufacturing can be broken down into a series of unit operations, such as milling, granulation, coating, tablet pressing, and others.
AbbVie Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois.It is ranked sixth on the list of largest biomedical companies by revenue.In 2023, the company's seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 74, [2] and rank 89 on the 2024 list. [3]
Its manufacturing facilities are located in Israel, North America, Europe, Australia, and South America. The company is a member of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). [4] [5] Teva Pharmaceuticals is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world. Overall, Teva is the 18th largest pharmaceutical company in the ...
Zoetis Inc. (/zō-EH-tis/ [4]) is an American drug company, the world's largest producer of medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock. [5] [4] [6] The company was a subsidiary of Pfizer, [7] the world's largest drug maker, but with Pfizer's spinoff of its 83% interest in the firm it is now a completely independent company.