Most admired pharma companies in Japan, by IAL

Since 1999 International Alliances Limited (IAL), headed by P Reed Maurer, has conducted an annual survey to determine the most admired pharma companies in Japan. Each year, IAL evaluates 30 companies, 15 Japanese and 15 foreign affiliated firms. In 2011 it included the firms listed below:

Japanese
Ajinomoto, Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Dainippon Sumitomo, Eisai, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Meiji Seika, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Nippon Shinyaku, Ono, Otsuka, Shionogi, Takeda, Teijin,Torii

Foreign
Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers, Chugai (Roche group), Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen (J&J group), MSD (Merck & Co), Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, UCB