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Among the factors encouraging continued foreign investment interest in Italy’s Life Sciences industry, two stand out, and namely: its highly prolific Research and Innovation annually funded by private R&D investments, and its long-standing production tradition, directly involving approximately 600 companies, as well as hundreds of industry-related businesses, most of which multinational companies.

Pharma Foreign Companies in Italy by Region

                                                                                 (Source: Reprint 2011)  

 

  • Italy hosts 140 Pharma foreign companies, with over 39,000 employees and R&D foreign centres, with over 43,000 employees and € 18,839 million overall turnover
  • USA accounts for the first foreign investor with 44 companies, 17, 108 employees and € 6,720 million turnover
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Top 15 Foreign Pharma Companies in Italy

                                                                                (Source: Reprint 2011)

Company Region

Employees  

                    Turnover

 (mn.Euro)

Country
SANOFI-AVENTIS SPA Lombardy 2.579 1.404,859 France
PFIZER ITALIA SRL Lazio 2.260 1.251,234 USA
ABBOTT SRL Lazio 2.039 1.139,392 USA
MERCK SERONO SPA Lazio 621 1.101,987 Germany
GLAXOSMITHKLINE SPA Veneto 1.956 1.101,243 UK
ROCHE SPA Lombardy 1.182 1.047,885 Switzerland 
NOVARTIS FARMA SPA Lombardy 1.716 914,574 Switzerland
NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS SRL Tuscany 1.584 814,063 Switzerland
WYETH LEDERLE SPA Lazio 1.709 730,998 USA
ASTRAZENECA SPA Lombardy 965 699,278 UK
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB SRL Lazio 2.283 574,403 USA
ELI LILLY ITALIA SPA Tuscany 1.005 561,917 USA
JANSSEN CILAG SPA Lombardy 969 493,257 USA
MERCK SHARP & DOHME ITALIA SPA Lazio 1.364 491,955 USA
BAYER HEALTHCARE MANUFACTURING SRL Lombardy 284 458,156 Germany
SCHERING-PLOUGH SPA Lombardy 841 457,856 USA

 

 
 
 

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