The Top 20 Global Pharmaceuticals by Sales -- Seeking Alpha

S.No.	Company	Ticker	2009 Revenues in US $ (Milllions)
1	Pfizer	PFE	$45,448
2	Sanofi-Aventis	SNY	$40,871
3	Novartis	NVO	$38,455
4	GlaxoSmithKline	GSK	$36,746
5	AstraZeneca	AZN	$31,905
6	Merck & Co.	MRK	$26,929
7	Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$22,520
8	Eli Lilly & Co.	LLY	$20,629
9	Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	$18,808
10	Abbott Laboratories	ABT	$16,486
11	Takeda Chem Ind.	TKPHY.PK	$14,204
12	Boehringer-Ingelheim		$14,027
13	Teva Pharma	TEVA	$13,814
14	Bayer Schering	BAYRY.PK	$13,344
15	Astellas	ALPMY.PK	$10,509
16	Daiichi-Sankyo	DSKYY.PK	$9,757
17	Eisai	ESALY.PK	$8,441
18	Otsuka		$7,717
19	Gilead Sciences	GILD	$6,469
20	Mylan	MYL	$5,015

Source: Contract Pharma

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