Full List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Switzerland (2024)
by Pharmchoices
There is a very huge presence of pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland, with the pharma industry contributing 7% of GDP, about 35% of all manufacturing in Switzerland, and 8% of global production of pharmaceuticals. Switzerland sits atop in Europe in terms of pharmaceutical production, expenditure in R & D, and medical technologies.
In 2019, 7 CHF billion was spent on R&D, and 97.6 CHF billion worth of exports were generated making Switzerland, the country with the largest export surplus of pharmaceutical products worldwide.
In Europe, Switzerland is the largest pharma producer with production value of EUR 54.3 billion in 2019, ahead of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.
Switzerland is home to a lot of pharma giants such as Novartis, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lonza, Galderma, Galenica, CSL Vifor, Straumann, Octapharma, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Sonova Holding AG, Tecan Group, Bachem. Other giant pharmaceutical companies such as Alcon, Bayer, Abbott, Janssen-Cilag (Johnson & Johnson) have their headquarters in Switzerland.
The pharma sector in Switzerland offers 47,500 jobs in 2020. 90% of the pharmaceutical production in Switzerland are in the Basel Region, Espace Mittelland- Bassin Lémanique and Zurich-Zug-Lucerne-Schaff-hausen clusters.
Most of the investment in the life science in Europe is made by the UK, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Netherlands, and Germany.
Switzerland is also home to many biotech, and medical technology companies. In total, there are over 2500 biotech, medical technology, CRO, and pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland.
Pharmaceutical Companies in Switzerland (List)
List of pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland with their contact information
21st Century Pharmaceuticals.