Full List of Pharmaceutical Companies in France (2024)
by Pharmchoices
There are many pharmaceutical companies in France, with the country’s pharma sector accounting for 3.1% of total global pharma production in 2020. The sector is export-oriented, but imports most of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) from China and India.
In R&D, France sits behind Germany, Switzerland, UK in spending, but still remains the second-largest pharmaceutical market in Europe only behind Germany.
France owns many big pharmaceutical giants such as Laboratoires Servier, Sanofi, Ipsen, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, and animal health firm, Virbag. The pharma industry in France recruits over 100,000 people, and generated €60 Billion in 2019.
Leading pharmaceutical companies in France in terms of revenue are Sanofi Pasteur, Laboratoires Servier, Janssen Cilag, Bayer Healthcare SAS, Viatris Santé, Pierre Fabre Médicament, Ceva Sante animale, AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.
The pharmaceutical industry in France did witness a decline lately culminating in production of just five new drugs in 2019, behind other pharmaceutical sector leaders such as Germany, Ireland,the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Netherlands. This is due to less public funding for R & D, and offshoring of pharmaceutical production by pharmaceutical companies in France.
France has also lost its place as the leading pharmaceutical producers to countries like Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
Pharmaceutical Companies in France (List)
This is the list of biotech, CRO, medical tech and pharmaceutical companies in France with their contact details.
