RANKINGS
Key list: leading companies by R&D expenditure in Japan
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This month our pharma industry key list brings you the 15 leading companies in Japan by R&D expenditure, as ranked by GlobalData's Pharma Intelligence Centre. All numbers up to date as of November 2020.
| Company name | Entity type | Number of employees | R&D expenditure ($m) |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd | Public | 49,578 | 2,818 |
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd | Public | 15,000 | 1,934 |
Astellas Pharma Inc | Public | 15,883 | 1,878 |
Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd | Public | 32,992 | 1,584 |
Eisai Co Ltd | Public | 10,683 | 941 |
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp | Private | 6,987 | 585 |
Shionogi & Co Ltd | Public | 5,233 | 541 |
Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd | Public | 3,560 | 519 |
Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd | Public | 5,267 | 444 |
Teijin Ltd | Public | 20,075 | 320 |
Santen Pharmaceutical Co Ltd | Public | 4,108 | 206 |
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd | Public | 9,354 | 192 |
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co Ltd | Public | 1,617 | 137 |
Nippon Shinyaku Co Ltd | Public | 2,026 | 134 |
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc | Public | 2,745 | 130 |
