Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a pharmaceuticals health care company. It has 72,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. In 2008, Abbott had over $29 billion in revenue.

www.Abbott.com

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The headquarters of the company is located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in Readington Township. The company was established in 1891 as the United States subsidiary of the German company now known as Merck KGaA. In common with many other German assets in the United States, Merck & Co. was confiscated in 1917 during World War I and then set up as an independent company. Currently, it is one of the seven largest pharmaceutical companies in the world both by market capitalization and revenue.

www.Merck.com

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500.

Johnson & Johnson’s brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies. Among its well-known consumer products are the Band-Aid Brand line of bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson’s baby products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, Clean & Clear facial wash and Acuvue contact lenses.

Johnson & Johnson is a highly diversified company with at least 230 subsidiaries, which it refers to as the “Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies”. Some of these subsidiaries include as follows:

• ALZA Corporation
• ANIMAS Corporation
• BabyCenter, L.L.C.
• Biosense Webster, Inc.
• Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc.
• Children With Diabetes, Inc.
• Cilag
• Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
• Cordis Corporation
• Crucell nv
• DePuy, Inc.
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
• Ethicon, Inc.
• Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group (GPSG)
• Gynecare
• HealthMedia
• Independence Technology, LLC
• Information Technology Services
• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P.
• Johnson & Johnson, Group of Consumer Companies, Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson – Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co.
• Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
• Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C.
• LifeScan, Inc.
• McNeil Consumer Healthcare
• McNeil Nutritionals
• Noramco, Inc.
• OraPharma
• Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. OCD
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
• Ortho-Neutrogena (a merge of Neutrogena and Ortho Dermatological)
• Personal Products Company
• Penaten
• Pharmaceutical Group Strategic Marketing (PGSM)
• Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• PriCara, Inc.
• Scios Inc.
• Tasmanian Alkaloids
• Therakos, Inc.
• Tibotec
• Transform Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Veridex, LLC
• Vistakon

www.JNJ.com

Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, ranking number three in sales among the world-wide industry. Company sales totalled 36.173 billon US$ in 2008. Currently,[when?] Novartis is the sixth largest pharmaceutical company in terms of revenue ($41.5 billion in 2009) with a profit margin of about 20%, which is the same as its industry competitors. Novartis profits were down by 31% from 2007 levels. Novartis manufactures such drugs as clozapine (Clozaril), diclofenac (Voltaren), carbamazepine (Tegretol), valsartan (Diovan), imatinib mesylate and (Gleevec / Glivec). Additional agents include ciclosporin (Neoral / Sandimmun), letrozole (Femara), methylphenidate (Ritalin), terbinafine (Lamisil), and others. Renamed to Novartis following an acquisition by Ciba-Geigy, it owns Sandoz, a large manufacturer of generic drugs. The company formerly owned the Gerber Products Company, a major infant and baby products producer, but sold it to Nestlé on 1 September 2007.

www.novartis.com

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company. Eli Lilly’s global headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 by a pharmaceutical chemist, Eli Lilly, after whom the company was ultimately named.

Among other specialties, Lilly was the first company to mass-produce penicillin and today is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of psychiatric medications.

www.Lilly.com

Wyeth, formerly one of the companies owned by American Home Products Corporation (AHP), was a pharmaceutical company. The company was based in Madison, New Jersey, USA. They were known for manufacturing the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs Robitussin and the analgesic Advil (ibuprofen), as well as the prescription drugs Premarin and Effexor, which both boast over US$3 billion in sales annually.

On January 23, 2009 The Wall Street Journal reported that Pfizer was in talks to buy Wyeth at a cost of US $68 billion. On January 25, Pfizer agreed to the purchase, a deal financed with cash, shares and loans. The deal was completed on October 15, 2009.

www.wyeth.com

Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a global pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction, and the anti-inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside the USA and Canada, mainly in South America.

www.pfizer.com

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK NYSE: GSK), often abbreviated to GSK, is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s third largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues (after Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer). It has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including asthma, cancer, virus control, infections, mental health, diabetes and digestive conditions. It also has a large consumer healthcare division which produces and markets oral healthcare products, nutritional drinks and over-the-counter medicines, including Sensodyne, Horlicks and Gaviscon.

www.gsk.com

The company’s products include:

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), often referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989, following the merger of its predecessors Bristol-Myers and the Squibb Corporation. Squibb was founded in 1858 by Edward Robinson Squibb in Brooklyn, New York, while Bristol-Myers was founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, New York (both were graduates of Hamilton College).
Lamberto Andreotti became the company’s CEO on May 4, 2010. Former CEO James M. Cornelius remains chairman of the Board of Directors.
Bristol-Myers Squibb manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals in several therapeutic areas, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis and psychiatric disorders. Its mission is to “discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.

www.bms.com

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The combination will enable us to provide end-to-end solutions that impact everything from pharmacy plan design to the ultimate delivery of products and services to customers. Our capabilities include industry-leading clinical and health management programs, specialty pharmacy expertise, leadership in retail clinics, customer service excellence, and our deep knowledge of the consumer gained through the more than four million customers who visit our stores every day.