As of April 2025, Sanofi SA was by far the leading company among French pharmaceutical and biotech companies based on market capitalization. With a market cap of some 114 billion euros, it was clearly ahead of the second-ranked company, Ipsen SA, with some 8.3 billion euros. The list does also include animal health focused companies, like Virbac and Vetoquinol.
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2025 ranking of the leading 10 French pharmaceutical and biotech companies based on market capitalization
(in billion euros)
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Financial Times. (April 29, 2025). 2025 ranking of the leading 10 French pharmaceutical and biotech companies based on market capitalization (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1611538/market-cap-of-top-french-pharmaceutical-companies/
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