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A list of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies ranked by market share 2018
Source: Pharmaceutical technology
| Company | Revenue (USD billions) |
| Pfizer Inc – 5.6% | 53.6 |
| Novartis – 5.44% | 51.9 |
| F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd – 4.69% | 57.73 |
| Merck & Co Inc – 4.44% | 42.3 |
| Johnson & Johnson (J&J) – 4.27% | 81.6 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Plc – 4.19% | 40 |
| Sanofi – 4.11% | 39.23 |
| AbbVie Inc – 3.43% | 32.73 |
| Bayer AG – 2.84% | 5.27 |
| Eli Lilly and Co – 2.57% | 24.55 |
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