The UK has an advanced pharma industry with over 700 pharmaceutical companies in the UK providing 70,000 jobs. The industry generated a turnover of £36.7 billion, import of £21.4 billion and export of £23.4 billion (Source: ABPI). London, North West of England and the M4 corridor (London to South Wales) are the location with the highest number of pharmaceutical companies in the UK.
The North West of England is the major pharma manufacturing hub in the UK with 43% of general pharmaceutical output.. Companies such as GSK, Astra Zeneca, Medimmune, Novartis, Eli Lilly exists here.
Pharmaceutical companies in the UK also invest heavily in research and development (R&D), with an investment of £5 billion. This is approximately 30% of the total investment of the British pharmaceutical sector. Germany, the US, China are major UK pharma trading partners.
AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, two of the world’s top 15 pharma companies have their headquarters in the United Kingdom. Indigenous multinational pharmaceutical companies in the UK are GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Shire plc. Other foreign pharma companies with a huge presence in the UK are Pfizer, AbbVie, Roche, Novartis.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is an organisation with members in England, Wales, Scotland and the Northern Ireland. Their purpose is to make the UK the best environment for the research, innovation and development of medicines and vaccines.
Another organisation, The British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA) has members whose products account for the 85% of the total generics market in the United Kingdom. These generic products make up more than billions of prescription yearly saving NHS money from buying original products yearly.
Pharmaceutical Companies in the UK
We can divide the pharmaceutical companies in the UK into the four countries making up the United Kingdom:
- Pharmaceutical Companies in Wales
- Pharmaceutical Companies in the Northern Ireland
- Pharmaceutical Companies in Scotland
- Pharmaceutical Companies in England
Pharmaceutical Companies in England
There are huge number of pharmaceutical companies in England, especially in London, North West, East of England, M4 corridor (London to South Wales), Cambridge, Oxford. GSK, GW Pharmaceuticals, Napp, Takeda have sites in Cambridge.

- Pharmaceutical Companies in the UK
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Pharmaceutical Companies in England
- A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL
- AbbVie Ltd
- Accord Healthcare
- Adaptimmune Limited
- Adaptimmune Vector Manufacturing Facility at CGT Catapult
- ADVANZ PHARMA
- Alan Pharmaceuticals
- Albumedix Ltd.
- ALEXION PHARMA UK LTD
- Alimera Sciences Ltd
- Alinter Group
- ALK- Abello Ltd
- Alliance Pharma PLC
- Almirall Limited
- Amgen Limited
- Amgen Limited
- Amicus Therapeutics UK Operations Ltd
- AGUETTANT LTD
- Arecor
- Aristo Pharma
- Aspire Pharma Limited
- Astellas Pharma Ltd.
- Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
- AstraZeneca PLC
- Aurobindo
- B. Braun Medical Ltd
- Bausch + Lomb
- Bayer UK Ltd.
- Baxter UK
- BIAL Pharma UK, Limited
- Biogen
- Biotest (U.K.) Ltd.
- Boehringer Ingelheim Limited and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Limited
- Broughton
- Bristol Laboratories Ltd
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Brown & Burk UK Ltd (BBUK)
- Camurus Ltd
- Catalent
- Charles River
- Chiesi Ltd
- Chugai Pharma Europe Ltd and Chugai Pharma UK Ltd
- Client Pharma
- CLINUVEL PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
- CLOVIS ONCOLOGY
- CNX Therapeutics
- Consilient Health Ltd
- Custom Pharma Services
- CSL Behring
- CST Pharma Limited
- Curium Group
- Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd
- Dawa Ltd
- DE Midlands
- Dexcel Pharma Ltd
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Limited
- Eisai Europe Limited
- Ethypharm
- EUSA Pharma UK Ltd
- Exscientia
- Extruded Pharmaceuticals
- Ferring Controlled Therapeutics Ltd
- Ferring Controlled Therapeutics Ltd
- Flamingo Pharma (UK) Ltd.
- Firstline Pharma
- The Flynn Pharma Ltd
- Fresenius Medical Care (UK) Ltd
- Fresenius Kabi Ltd and Calea
- Galen Limited UK
- Genesis Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Gilead
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Grünenthal Ltd
- Hameln pharma Ltd
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- IPSEN UK
- ITH Pharma
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Janssen-Cilag Limited
- Kent Pharma
- Labcorp Clinical Development Limited
- LEO Pharma UK
- Eli Lilly and Company Limited
- LogixX Pharma Ltd
- Lundbeck Limited
- Lupin Healthcare
- Marvellous Pharma Ltd
- Masters Global
- Meckgenius Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd
- Medex UK
- Medherant
- MedPharm Guildford
- Merck
- Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Limited
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Europe Ltd
- MORNINGSIDE HEALTHCARE
- Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- N4 Pharma
- Nanna Therapeutics Ltd (Astellas Company)
- Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Nordic Pharma Limited
- Norgine Ltd
- Nova Laboratories Ltd
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk LTD
- OGT
- ONO PHARMA UK LTD.
- Orchard Therapeutics plc
- Organon UK
- Orion Pharma (UK) Ltd
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd
- Pfizer UK
- Pharma Consultants Ltd
- Pharmanova
- Pharmsure International Ltd
- Pierre Fabre Ltd
- Piramal Healthcare UK Ltd.
- Quotient Sciences
- Recipharm
- Recordati
- REDWING British Labs UK Ltd
- Relonchem Ltd
- Rivopharm UK Ltd
- Roche
- Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- Reading Scientific Services Ltd.
- Sandoz Limited
- Sanofi UK
- Santen UK
- Seqirus UK Limited
- Servier Laboratories Ltd
- Shionogi B.V. UK
- Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc
- Simple Pharma
- Sinclair Pharma Ltd
- Sintetica Limited
- Small Pharma
- Smartway Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- Spectrum Biomedical UK Limited
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Ltd
- Stanningley Pharma
- STD Pharmaceutical Products
- Takeda UK Limited
- Teva UK
- Thornton & Ross Ltd
- Torbay Pharmaceuticals
- Torrent Pharma (UK) Ltd
- UCB Celltech, branch of UCB Pharma S.A.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Ireland and the UK)
- Viatris
- Vifor Pharma UK Limited
- VYGON UK Ltd
- Woodley BioReg Ltd
- Zentiva
- Zogenix
A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL
Mercury Park, Wycombe Lane, Wooburn Green
Buckinghamshire, HP10 0HH
United Kingdom
AbbVie Ltd
AbbVie House
Vanwall Business Park
Vanwall Road Maidenhead
Berkshire SL6 4UB
UK Tel: +44 (0) 1628 561090
https://www.abbvie.co.uk/
Accord Healthcare
Sage House, 319 Pinner Road
North Harrow, Middlesex
HA1 4HF – London UK
T: +44 (0) 208 863 1427
F: +44 (0) 208 863 1427
https://www.accord-healthcare.com/
Adaptimmune Limited
60 Jubilee Avenue
Milton Park
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RX UK
Phone: +44 (0) 1235 430000
Fax: +44 (0) 1235 430001
Email: info@adaptimmune.com
Adaptimmune Vector Manufacturing Facility at CGT Catapult
Gunnels Wood Road
Stevenage Herts
G1 2FX United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1235 430046
https://www.adaptimmune.com/
ADVANZ PHARMA
Capital House
85 King William Street
London EC4N 7BL
United Kingdom
Direct: +44 (0) 208 588 9100
Fax: +44 (0) 208 588 9200
enquiries@advanzpharma.com
https://www.advanzpharma.com/
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Alan Pharmaceuticals
Highgate Business Centre
33 Greenwood Place
London NW5 1LB
England
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7284 2887
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7267 9841
Email: info@alanpharmaceuticals.com
https://www.alanpharmaceuticals.com/