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Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

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1 Johnson & Johnson 35 61,095.0 14.6 10,576.0 -4.3
2 Pfizer 47 48,418.0 -7.6 8,144.0 -57.9
3 Abbott Laboratories 96 25,914.2 15.3 3,606.3 110.1
4 Merck 101 24,197.7 6.9 3,275.4 -26.1
5 Wyeth 113 22,399.8 10.1 4,616.0 10.0
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 125 19,977.0 11.5 2,165.0 36.6
7 Eli Lilly 133 18,633.5 18.8 2,953.0 10.9
8 Amgen 173 14,771.0 3.5 3,166.0 7.3
9 Schering-Plough 212 12,690.0 19.8 -1,473.0 -228.9
10 Gilead Sciences 536 4,230.0 39.8 1,615.3 0.0
11 Allergan 554 3,958.9 29.2 499.3 0.0
12 Genzyme 572 3,813.5 19.7 480.2 0.0
13 Forest Laboratories 605 3,441.8 16.2 454.1 -35.9
14 Hospira 608 3,436.2 27.8 136.8 -42.5
15 Biogen Idec 648 3,171.6 18.2 638.2 193.4
16 Mylan 736 2,666.0 65.4 -1,225.3 -663.9
17 Barr Pharmaceuticals 760 2,557.6 94.6 128.4 -61.9
18 Watson Pharmaceuticals 775 2,496.7 26.1 141.0 0.0
19 King Pharmaceuticals 857 2,136.5 7.4 183.0 -36.7
20 NBTY 894 2,014.5 7.1 207.9 86.0
21 Cephalon 952 1,772.6 0.5 -191.7 -232.4
1 Johnson & Johnson 17.3 13.1 24.4
2 Pfizer 16.8 7.1 12.5
3 Abbott Laboratories 13.9 9.1 20.3
4 Merck 13.5 6.8 18.0
5 Wyeth 20.6 10.8 25.3
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 10.8 8.3 20.5
7 Eli Lilly 15.8 11.0 21.6
8 Amgen 21.4 9.1 17.7
9 Schering-Plough -11.6 -5.1 -14.2
10 Gilead Sciences 38.2 27.7 46.7
11 Allergan 12.6 7.6 13.4
12 Genzyme 12.6 5.8 7.3
13 Forest Laboratories 13.2 12.4 15.0
14 Hospira 4.0 2.7 7.8
15 Biogen Idec 20.1 7.4 11.5
16 Mylan -46.0 -10.8 -36.0
17 Barr Pharmaceuticals 5.0 2.7 6.9
18 Watson Pharmaceuticals 5.6 4.1 7.6
19 King Pharmaceuticals 8.6 5.3 7.3
20 NBTY 10.3 13.5 19.7
21 Cephalon -10.8 -5.5 -14.7
1 Johnson & Johnson 11.7 9.2 3.7 119,200 -2.5
2 Pfizer 7.5 1.2 -8.1 86,600 -11.6
3 Abbott Laboratories 5.6 8.4 18.0 68,697 3.1
4 Merck -2.2 4.3 37.6 58,900 -1.8
5 Wyeth 8.1 3.5 -11.4 50,527 0.9
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb -3.6 -2.1 4.7 42,000 -2.3
7 Eli Lilly 0.0 -0.6 5.7 40,600 -2.2
8 Amgen 17.0 13.1 -32.0 17,450 -13.0
9 Schering-Plough 0.0 0.0 13.7 55,000 64.2
10 Gilead Sciences 0.0 34.4 41.7 2,941 16.9
11 Allergan 12.8 23.7 7.7 7,886 16.5
12 Genzyme 13.5 18.7 20.9 10,000 11.1
13 Forest Laboratories 0.0 19.4 -28.0 5,126 1.5
14 Hospira 0.0 0.0 27.0 14,000 7.7
15 Biogen Idec 0.0 25.8 15.7 4,300 14.7
16 Mylan 0.0 5.0 -28.9 12,000 87.5
17 Barr Pharmaceuticals 16.7 18.0 5.9 8,900 336.3
18 Watson Pharmaceuticals 2.3 -1.8 4.3 5,640 -3.3
19 King Pharmaceuticals 0.0 0.0 -35.7 2,051 -26.8
20 NBTY 26.5 9.4 -34.1 10,800 -0.9
21 Cephalon 0.0 20.2 1.9 2,796 -3.4
From the May 5, 2008 issue

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