The biopharmaceutical company made two major acquisitions last year -- the pharmaceutical company Gloucester and biotech firm Abraxis -- to advance its goal of becoming an oncology leader. Revenues this year grew by $935.9 million to hit $3.6 billion, aided by the company's international expansion, sales growth, and its newly acquired companies.
Celgene made its debut on Fortune's Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2009 at No. 22, riding on the success of its drug Thalidomide, which was previously shunned for causing birth defects but was repurposed as a treatment for multiple myeloma. It now can credit drugs Revlimid and Vidaza (for blood and bone marrow conditions) for its continued growth in revenues.
Fortune's annual roster of high performers reveals the promising saplings that are rising in a difficult economy and some stalwarts that deliver year after year.
