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Pharma Ranking 2022

Best pharma companies in Germany

The ranking is based on the holistic assessment by physicians and pharmacists across eleven aspects, weighted by their relevance to reputation.

Top 10

Research-based, globally leading companies

The ten research-based pharma companies leading by global revenue. Parent companies are shown together with their subsidiaries.

RankCompanyTrendRank 2021
1Janssen-Cilag▲./.
2Novartis Pharma▲4
3Bayer Vital / Jenapharm▲./.
4Sanofi▲10
5Pfizer▲7
6BioNTech▲8
7Gilead Sciences▲./.
8GlaxoSmithKline▲9
9Lilly▼2
10Astellas▲./.
Top 10

Large single, mid-sized & international companies

Excluding the research-based companies leading by global revenue.

RankCompanyTrendRank 2021
1InfectoPharm▲4
2Gedeon-Richter▲7
3ALK Abelló▲./.
4Exeltis▲8
5Procter & Gamble▲9
6Bencard▲10
7HAL▲./.
8Daiichi Sankyo▲./.
9incyte▲./.
10Chiesi▲./.
Data basis

How the ranking is built

In 2022, 700 physicians and 100 pharmacists were surveyed in Germany. Each company was rated by around 80 physicians of a specialty or pharmacists – enough for statistically robust results.

The basis is the assessment of marketing and sales quality, product and service quality, innovative strength, economic performance, transparency, responsibility, ethical conduct, management quality and business success. Dimensions are weighted by their relevance to reputation – measured via overall impact, competence, reliability, credibility and recommendation.