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Rank Company Fortune 1000 rank $ millions % change from 2007 $ millions % change from 2007
1 Johnson & Johnson 29 63,747.0 4.3 12,949.0 22.4
2 Pfizer 46 48,296.0 -0.3 8,104.0 -0.5
3 Abbott Laboratories 80 29,527.6 13.9 4,880.7 35.3
4 Merck 103 23,850.3 -1.4 7,808.4 138.4
5 Wyeth 110 22,833.9 1.9 4,417.8 -4.3
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 120 21,366.0 7.0 5,247.0 142.4
7 Eli Lilly 122 20,378.0 9.4 -2,071.9 -170.2
8 Schering-Plough 138 18,502.0 45.8 1,903.0 N.A.
9 Amgen 168 15,003.0 1.6 4,196.0 32.5
10 Gilead Sciences 444 5,335.8 26.1 2,011.2 24.5
11 Mylan 462 5,137.6 92.7 -181.2 N.A.
12 Genzyme 502 4,605.0 20.8 421.1 -12.3
13 Allergan 517 4,403.4 11.2 578.6 15.9
14 Biogen Idec 546 4,097.5 29.2 783.2 22.7
15 Forest Laboratories 569 3,836.3 11.5 967.9 113.2
16 Hospira 597 3,629.5 5.6 320.9 134.6
17 Watson Pharmaceuticals 769 2,535.5 1.6 238.4 69.0
18 Celgene 830 2,254.8 60.4 -1,533.7 -777.3
19 NBTY 852 2,179.5 8.2 153.2 -26.3
20 Cephalon 903 1,974.6 11.4 222.5 N.A.
21 Perrigo 958 1,822.1 25.9 135.8 84.0
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Johnson & Johnson 20.3 15.2 30.5
2 Pfizer 16.8 7.3 14.1
3 Abbott Laboratories 16.5 11.5 27.9
4 Merck 32.7 16.5 41.6
5 Wyeth 19.3 10.0 23.0
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 24.6 17.8 42.9
7 Eli Lilly -10.2 -7.1 -30.8
8 Schering-Plough 10.3 6.8 18.1
9 Amgen 28.0 11.5 20.6
10 Gilead Sciences 37.7 28.7 48.4
11 Mylan -3.5 -1.7 -6.7
12 Genzyme 9.1 4.9 5.8
13 Allergan 13.1 8.5 14.4
14 Biogen Idec 19.1 9.2 13.5
15 Forest Laboratories 25.2 21.4 26.1
16 Hospira 8.8 6.3 18.1
17 Watson Pharmaceuticals 9.4 6.5 11.3
18 Celgene -68.0 -34.5 -43.9
19 NBTY 7.0 7.9 15.3
20 Cephalon 11.3 7.0 14.8
21 Perrigo 7.5 5.3 14.5
EARNINGS PER SHARE TOTAL RETURN TO INVESTORS EMPLOYEES
Rank Company 1998-2008 Annual growth (%) 1998-2008 Annual rate (%) 2008 (%) Number % change from 2007
1 Johnson & Johnson 15.2 5.6 -7.8 118,700 -0.4
2 Pfizer 3.5 -5.7 -16.7 81,800 -5.5
3 Abbott Laboratories 7.5 3.7 -2.6 68,838 0.2
4 Merck 5.4 -5.2 -45.7 55,200 -6.3
5 Wyeth 5.9 -2.0 -12.7 47,426 -6.1
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 5.4 -6.2 -7.3 35,000 -16.7
7 Eli Lilly N.A. -5.4 -21.3 40,500 -0.2
8 Schering-Plough -1.0 -9.7 -35.2 51,000 -7.3
9 Amgen 16.9 8.2 24.4 16,800 -3.7
10 Gilead Sciences N.A. 34.9 11.1 3,441 17.0
11 Mylan N.A. -2.8 -29.7 13,500 12.5
12 Genzyme 7.3 10.5 -10.8 11,000 10.0
13 Allergan N.A. 10.5 -37.0 8,740 10.8
14 Biogen Idec 24.3 19.8 -16.3 4,704 9.4
15 Forest Laboratories 39.5 6.7 -30.1 5,211 1.7
16 Hospira N.A. N.A. -37.1 14,500 3.6
17 Watson Pharmaceuticals 4.7 -8.3 -2.1 5,070 -10.1
18 Celgene N.A. 45.7 19.6 2,441 44.9
19 NBTY 15.3 8.2 -42.9 13,760 27.4
20 Cephalon N.A. 24.0 7.4 2,780 -0.6
21 Perrigo N.A. 14.5 -7.1 6,200 0.0
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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