Rank
Chg
Company
Country
Traded on
Largest
2020 [ 1]
2019
2018
2017
2016 [ 2] [ 3]
2015 [ 4]
2014 [ 5]
2013
1
Steady
Johnson & Johnson [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : JNJ
399.9 (Dec 2020)
399.99
385.0
346.1
375.4
314.1
284.2
277.8
258.3
2
Increase 1
Roche [P]
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI
SIX : ROG
291.1 (Dec 2020)
291.12
281.1
209.3
216.7
192.1
234.7
258.5
240.3
3
Increase 2
Pfizer [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : PFE
310.5 (Jul 2000)
208.11
216.7
259.7
215.9
196.3
199.3
205.4
196.0
4
Decrease 1
Novartis [P]
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg SUI
NYSE : NVS
275.2 (Jul 2015)
202.09
240.0
200.0
196.7
170.5
206.1
229.8
195.0
5
Decrease 1
Merck & Co. [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : MRK
232.9 (Dec 2019)
201.80
232.9
205.8
153.3
164.3
147.6
166.9
146.5
6
Moderna [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : MRNA [1]
201 (Sep 2021)
68.5
45.0
-
7
Steady
Abbott Laboratories [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : ABT
190.4 (Dec 2020)
190.44
153.5
126.8
99.3
56.4
67.0
67.9
59.3
8
Increase 2
AbbVie [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : ABBV
196.2 (Jan 2018)
182.27
130.9
146.3
154.4
100.2
96.8
104.1
83.8
9
Steady
Novo Nordisk [P]
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN
NYSE : NVO
161.9 (Dec 2020)
161.99
137.1
111.9
131.2
92.6
153.9
125.4
-
10
Increase 2
Eli Lilly & Co [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : LLY
158.3 (Dec 2020)
158.30
126.9
125.6
93.0
80.9
93.4
76.6
57.0
11
Increase 3
Bristol-Myers Squibb [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : BMY
137.8 (Dec 2020)
137.85
105.0
85.0
100.3
98.2
114.8
97.6
87.2
12
Decrease 4
Amgen [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : AMGN
145.8 (Dec 2019)
129.79
144.6
128.8
126.2
108.9
122.5
93.1
78.7
13
Decrease 2
AstraZeneca [P]
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE
LSE : AZN
130.8 (Dec 2019)
129.44
130.8
96.2
87.9
68.8
85.8
88.9
74.6
14
Increase 4
Sanofi [P]
File:Flag of France.svg FRA
NYSE : SNY
151.3 (Sep 2014)
120.66
63.5
108.4
108.2
101.8
111.8
138.1
142.0
15
Decrease 2
GlaxoSmithKline [P]
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR
LSE : GSK
174.9 (May 2006)
90.15
117.2
94.8
87.9
93.3
97.6
128.9
129.6
16
Increase 1
Stryker Corporation [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : SYK
88.8 (Dec 2020)
88.81
78.5
58.6
58.0
45.1
34.7
35.7
28.4
17
Increase 2
Zoetis [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : ZTS
76.6 (Aug 2020)
75.97
63.2
41.4
35.1
26.4
23.8
21.6
16.3
18
Decrease 3
Gilead Sciences [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : GILD
179.6 (Jun 2013)
71.93
82.3
81.6
93.6
96.6
145.8
109.0
78.4
19
Increase 6
Daiichi Sankyo [P]
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN
Nasdaq : DSNKY
45.3 (Dec 2019)
63.92
45.3
22.7
27.5
35.3
38.8
33.2
28.7
20
Increase 1
Vertex Pharmaceuticals [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : VRTX
78.9 (Jul 2020)
61.33
56.3
42.2
37.9
18.3
31.0
28.7
17.4
21
Decrease 4
Bayer [P]
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER
FWB : BAYN
129.0 (Mar 2015)
58.12
80.1
63.1
101.9
85.3
103.2
113.2
117.4
22
Decrease 2
Takeda Pharmaceutical [P]
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN
Nasdaq : TAK
61.5 (Dec 2019)
56.78
61.5
52.9
40.2
45.6
47.8
37.5
34.3
23
Increase 1
Illumina [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : ILMN
56.0 (Jul 2019)
53.51
48.2
44.1
40.2
39.4
35.4
28.6
25.7
24
Increase 2
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : REGN
61.4 (Aug 2015)
52.52
41.2
40.3
40.4
39.3
56.5
42.0
27.4
25
Decrease 3
Biogen [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : BIIB
111.7 (Mar 2015)
38.66
54.7
63.5
67.4
61.6
68.3
79.7
66.1
26
Increase 2
Alexion Pharmaceuticals [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : ALXN
47.0 (Jul 2015)
33.52
24.3
21.7
26.7
27.4
43.1
36.7
26.0
27
Increase 3
Seagen [B]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Nasdaq : SGEN
38.2 (Oct 2020)
34.44
19.5
13.8
28
Decrease 1
Astellas [P]
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN
TYO : 4503
40.6 (Dec 2015)
27.52
32.7
23.8
29.3
25.7
40.6
35.8
27.6
29
Increase 4
Genmab [B]
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN
Nasdaq : GMAB
25.9 (Nov 2020)
25.53
14.5
10.6
10.8
10.8
8.8
3.8
2.6
30
Decrease 1
Eisai Pharmaceutical [P]
File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN
TYO : 4523
37.3 (Dec 2016)
19.93
21.5
23.0
24.5
37.3
28.8
30.2
28.7
31
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : ALNY [ 6]
23.36
18.5
24.0
21.0
16.0
-
32
Steady
Incyte [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : INCY
31.2 (Mar 2017)
19.25
18.8
13.5
18.3
15.4
10.6
7.3
4.6
33
Steady
BioMarin [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : BMRN
24.0 (Jul 2015)
16.03
15.2
15.1
18.3
20.4
13.8
12.9
10.8
34
Increase
BeiGene [P]
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN
SSE : 688235
33.14 (Nov 2021)
34.20
27.00
26.00
24.03
10.28
8.33
4.45
1.20
35
Decrease 1
BioNTech [P]
File:Flag of Germany.svg GER
NSE : BNTX
44.07
62.52
19.62
7.68
-
36
Increase 1
Horizon Therapeutics [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : HZNP
18.06 (Dec 2020)
14.2
11.6
9.3
5.0
6.5
2.8
2.0
-
37
Increase 1
10x Genomics [ 7] [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : TXG
17.54
11.2
-
38
Decrease 1
Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine [P]
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN
SSE : 600276
41.17
59.98
93.42
60.85
30.53
30.54
16.79
15.10
-
39
Increase 1
Elanco [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NYSE : ELAN
13.06 (Nov 2020)
11.2
-
40
Decrease 1
Celltrion [P]
File:Flag of South Korea.svg ROK
KRX : 068270
23.03 (2021)
40.90
19.22
-
41
Increase 1
Viatris [P]
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
NSE : VTRS
18.50 (Dec 2021)
-
42
Increase 1
Sun Pharma [P]
File:Flag of India.svg IND
NSE : SUNPHARMA
27.15 (2021)
19.01
-
43
Increase 1
Divi's Laboratories [P]
File:Flag of India.svg IND
NSE : DIVISLAB
15.29 (Nov 2021)
-
44
Decrease 1
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories [P]
File:Flag of India.svg IND
NSE : DRREDDY
10.94 (2021)
11.75
-
45
Increase 1
Cipla [P]
File:Flag of India.svg IND
NSE : CIPLA
10.21 (Dec 2021)
10.19
-