BIOTECH PART 2

• NOVARTIS

  ·         February 29, 1996

  ·         Basel, Switzerland

  ·         Cardiovascular drug Entresto was Novastis’ best-selling pharmaceutical during 2023, with a total revenue of around 6 billion US dollars worldwide.
• NOVO NORDISK

  ·         December 21, 1923

  ·         Outside Copenhagen, Denmark

  ·         Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services, specially diabetes care medications and devices.

  ·         FOCUS: diabetes care, obesity care, haemophilia care, and thearapies for rare endocrine disorders.

  ·         FIRST PRODUCT – Insulin
• JOHNSON AND JOHNSON

  ·         January 1886

  ·         New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

  ·         The company is a producer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the owner of many well-known comsumer brands(such as Band-Aid, Aveeno, Reach, Splenda, Tylenol, Zyrtec, etc.)
• SANOFI

  ·         Sanofi – Aventis 1973 Paris, France

  ·         Sanofi was the first worldwide supplier of the injectable polio vaccine followed by the first influenza, meningitis, and rabies vaccines.

  ·         Our polio of vaccines protects half of a billion people worldwide

  ·         Sanofi products portfolio includes prescription medicines, vaccines and self-care brands, across a broad range of treatment areas.
• ASTRAZENECA

  ·         April 6, 1999

  ·         UK

  ·         Key Therapeutic areas for AstraZeneca include: Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Oncology, Respiratory, Inflammation and autoimmunity.

  ·         As of 2023, AstraZeneca’s top pharmaceutical product by revenue was Farxiga, a medication used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• ABBVIE

  ·         April 10, 2012

  ·         Delaware, Unites States

  ·         The company primary product is Humira(adalimumab) administered via injection.

  ·         It is approved to treat autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, plaque psoriasis, and ulcerative colitis.

  ·         These include Humira, Imbruvica, and Viekira.

  ·         Abbvie’s biggest sales generator is Humira. Doctors prescribe the drug to treat arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease.
• MODERNA

  ·         September 2010

  ·         Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  ·         Moderna COVID 19 vaccine(also known as Spikevax).

  ·         Moderna elicits a stronger immune response and might be better at preventing breakthrough infections.
• ROCHE

  ·         October 1, 1896

  ·         Basel, Switzerland

  ·         Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system

  ·         Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management

  ·         Drugs produced by Roche incude: Accutane/RoAccutane(Isotretinoin), for severe(nodular) acne vulgaris
• ELI LILLY

  ·         1876

  ·         Indianapolis, Indiana

  ·         Eli Lilly and Co. became the world’s biggest health-care company by market value

  ·         The company was founded by 1976 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and a Union Army Veteran of the American Civil War.
• MERCK

  ·         1668

  ·         Darmstadt, Germany

  ·         Merck is a global health care company that delivers innovative health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.

  ·         Top selling drugs of Merck is Keytruda – Cancer treatment

  ·         Pembrolizumab is a type of immunotherapy. You pronounce it as pem-bro-lih-zoo-mab. It is also known by its brand name, Keytruda
• GILEAD

  ·         June 22, 1987

  ·         Foster City, California, Unites States

  ·         Gilead’s primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer and inflammation.

  ·         The company it committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID 19, and cancer.
• BAYER

  ·         August 1, 1863

  ·         Barmen, Germany

  ·         Scores of pharmaceuticals, dyes, acetates, synthetic rubbers, plastics, fibres, insecticides, and other chemicals were first developed by Bayer.

  ·         In addition to being the originator and first marketer of aspirin(1899)

  ·         Bayer was the first company to mass-produce heroin for use in pain and cough medications(1898)

  ·         These products include globally known brands such as Aleve, Alka Seltzer, Aspirin, Bepanthen/Bepanthol, Berocca, Canesten, Claritin, Elevit, Iberogast, MiraLAX, One-A-Day, Rennie and Redoxon.
• PFIZER

  ·         1849

  ·         Brooklyn, New York, United States

  ·         Lovastatin wa superseded by Pfizer’s Lipitor, which held the title of highest selling drug of all time until overtaken by AbbVie’s arthritis drug Humira in 2020.

  ·         In Turn, Merck’s Keytruda is set to overtake Humira within 5 years
• PFIZER

  ·         It is also makes medicines for disorders of the endocrine(hormones) and nervous systems.

  ·         The shareholder-owned company operates in 180 countries.