1, Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer Inc. was founded in 1849, so far there are more than 170 years of history, headquartered in New York City, the United States, is a science-based, innovative, patient-first biopharmaceutical company. Pfizer's goal is to "bring breakthrough innovations to patients that change their lives.
Pfizer entered the Chinese market in 1989. With roots in China for more than 30 years, Pfizer has become one of the major foreign pharmaceutical companies in China. Currently, Pfizer's business in China covers more than 300 cities across the country, and it has marketed high-quality, innovative medicines in five major areas in China, including oncology, vaccines, anti-infectives, inflammation and immunity, rare diseases and other areas of prescription drugs and vaccines.
2. Novartis AG
Novartis AG is a leading multinational company in the global pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare industries. Novartis is committed to researching, developing and marketing innovative products that help people cure diseases, reduce pain and improve quality of life.
Novartis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and has operations in more than 140 countries and regions around the world, with approximately 101,000 employees.
Novartis has a total investment of about US$330 million in China, employs 2,500 people, and has established six subsidiaries and a research and development center, whose business covers all of the company's business areas such as patented medicines, consumer healthcare products, eye care, animal healthcare and APIs.
3. Sanofi
Sanofi is a leading global pharmaceutical and healthcare company that researches, develops and promotes innovative therapeutic solutions based on patient needs. Sanofi's main businesses cover three areas: pharmaceuticals, human vaccines and animal health.In 2014, Sanofi's net sales amounted to €33.770 billion.
Sanofi has always been committed to China, and was among the first multinational pharmaceutical companies to enter the country when it opened an office there in 1982. Sanofi now employs over 9,000 people in China and is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in the country.
4, Roche Pharmaceuticals
Roche Pharmaceuticals is a multinational pharmaceutical company, founded in 1896, Roche came to China in 1926. Roche's business scope mainly involves pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostics, vitamins and fine chemicals, flavors and fragrances and other four areas.
Shanghai Roche Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is a market leader in key areas such as anti-tumor, anti-virus and transplantation. Among large multinational pharmaceutical companies, Roche has taken the lead in building a complete pharmaceutical value industry chain in China, including research, development, production, marketing and other links; Roche China is moving towards the goal of becoming the third strategic center of Roche worldwide.
5, AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a leading global pharmaceutical company, formed by the merger of the former Swedish AstraZeneca and the former British Jellicoe in 1999. An innovation-driven global biopharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca is headquartered in London, UK, and employs around 61,500 people worldwide, with operations in more than 100 countries, and the company has manufacturing sites in 17 countries.
Since entering China in 1993, AstraZeneca has been putting science first and focusing on innovation to meet China's growing healthcare needs, and to realize its grand vision of "pioneering innovation, benefiting patients, and becoming China's trusted healthcare partner".
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