5 Largest Biotech Companies in the World

Below you can see our list of the 5 largest biotech companies in the world. For a more comprehensive list please see this article.

5. Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK)

The first company in our list of biggest biotech companies in the world to cross a market cap of $200 billion is Merck & Co., with a market cap of $232.9 billion in 2019. It also earned profits of $46.84 billion in 2019. It was founded in the US as a subsidiary of Merck, a Germany company which itself is the world’s oldest operating pharmaceutical and chemical companies. While it is a huge company, it has come under fire for misconducts, including Medicaid overbilling and a poor environmental record.

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4. Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)

While Pfizer’s market cap crossed $300 billion in 2000, its current market cap is $217 billion. It is such a giant that its not just one of the biggest biotech companies in the world, its one of the biggest companies in the world, period. In 2018, Pfizer merged its consumer division with that of GlaxoSmithKline, with GSK having a controlling interest in the joint venture of 68%. The company has undertaken several acquisitions to become the current behemoth it is. Pfizer is also working on a vaccine for Covid-19 and has agreed to pay Pfizer $2 billion for an initial 100 million doses of a successful vaccine.

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