Most admired Pharma companies in Japan, by P Reed Maurer

For 14 years 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 evaluate 30 companies, 15 Japanese and 15 foreign affiliated firms. In 2012, says Mr Maurer it included the firms listed below:

Japanese: Asahi Kasei, Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Dainippon Sumitomo, Eisai, Kissei, Kyorin, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Mochida, Otsuka, Santen, Shionogi, Takeda, Zeria.

Foreign: Abbott (from now own to be known as AbbVie), Alcon, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers, Chugai (Roche-group), Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co (called MSD outside North America), Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Sanofi, UCB.