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.
(Source: Reprint 2011)
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 |