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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]
Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Green Oaks, Illinois, United States.The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known drugs; today, it sells medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines and nutritional products.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by revenue in billion USD. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to its relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
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.
On 20 June 2014, Shire rejected a takeover attempt by AbbVie. AbbVie offered £46.11 per share (£27.3 billion or $46.5 billion in total). [30] On 8 July, the offer was increased to $51.5 billion. [31] On 18 July, it was announced that AbbVie would acquire Shire for $54.8 billion. [32]
Hospira was an American global pharmaceutical and medical device company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.It had approximately 19,000 employees. [1] Before its acquisition by Pfizer, Hospira was the world's largest producer of generic injectable pharmaceuticals, [2] manufacturing generic acute-care and oncology injectables, as well as integrated infusion therapy and medication ...
Actavis Generics [1] (formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals and Actavis plc, prior to the acquisition of Irish-based Allergan, Inc.) is a global pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing, manufacturing and marketing branded pharmaceuticals, generic and over-the-counter medicines, and biologic products.
In June 2019, U.S. pharmaceutical company AbbVie announced it had reached an agreement to acquire Allergan for $63 billion, [7] which would return Allergan to the U.S. for tax purposes. [8] On the announcement of the transaction, Abbvie disclosed that its 2019 net effective tax rate was 9%, but that post the acquisition, the Group's effective ...