List of Large-Cap Biotech Stocks Listed on U.S. Exchanges
This list includes large-sized biotech companies with market capitalizations of over ten billion dollars. We update this page at the start of every month so it is possible that during the course of a month a stock’s market cap might fall below ten billion dollars. Additional biotech companies can be found in the following sections:
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Biotech Companies: Large-Cap Stocks
AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) (Biopharmaceutical company: immunology, kidney disease, liver disease, neuroscience, oncology, women’s health)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN) (Biopharmaceutical company: nocturnal hemoglobinuria, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, hypophosphatasia, Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency)
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) (Therapeutics: cardiovascular, inflammation, oncology, biosimilars)
AstraZeneca Plc. (AZN) (United Kingdom, biopharmaceutical company: autoimmune, cardiovascular, infection, inflammation, metabolic, neuroscience, oncology, respiratory)
Biogen Inc. (BIIB) (Biopharmaceutical company: therapies for immunology, hematology, multiple sclerosis, neurology)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN) (Therapies for serious and life-threatening rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) (Biopharmaceutical company: cancer, cardiovascular disease, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis)
Celgene Corporation (CELG) (Biopharmaceutical company: cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases)
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) (Biopharmaceutical company: cardiovascular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), liver diseases, oncology and inflammation, respiratory)
Grifols, S.A. (GRFS) (Spain: Bioscience (treatment of medical conditions using blood or blood components), diagnostics, hospital (intravenous therapy products, clinical nutrition products, sterile products and medical devices), plasma derivatives)
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX) (Diagnostic and information technology-based solutions)
Incyte Corporation (INCY) (Biopharmaceutical company: small molecule drugs; oncology and inflammation)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN) (Biopharmaceutical company: Antibody technologies; cardiovascular, diabetes, eye diseases, infectious diseases, inflammation, oncology, pain)
Shire Plc. (SHPG) (Ireland, biopharmaceutical company: gastrointestinal, internal medicine, rare diseases, neuroscience)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) (Cystic fibrosis; additional ongoing research programs aimed at other serious and life-threatening diseases)
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