Top 25 Corporations by US Prescriptions
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New additions include a reincarnated Valeant (44), formed when Biovail—Canada's largest publicly held pharma, a specialist
in CNS drugs and delivery—purchased the American firm for $3.3 billion, adopting its name and putting Valeant CEO Michael
Pearson in charge of the combined operation. Endo Pharmaceuticals (45) is currently in the process of "reinventing" itself
with a new business model and name (Endo Health Solutions); the company grew its branded and prescription pharmaceutical business
by 38 percent in 2011. Grifols, the Spanish manufacturer of plasma fractionation products (47), grew revenues by more than
80 percent, partly as a result of the acquisition of US-based Talecris. And finally, Aspen Pharmacare, the 50's first African
company, grew its revenues by 29 percent last year, and its CAGR since 1998 is 46 percent. The company has been expanding
its footprint, most recently by the acquisition of Australia's Sigma.
While some of the data this year may be a little depressing (incidentally, the anti-depression class of drugs jumped to number
one in the US, surpassing lipid regulators), the hint of diversity and new ideas creeping up from the bottom of the list is
a cause—albeit a small-cap one—for optimism.
Top 25 Corporations by US Sales
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Top 25 US Pharma Products by Prescriptions
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Top 25 US Pharma Products by Sales
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Patent expiries
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*Special thanks to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics and IMS Health for supplemental data
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