In 2024, the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG was the German biotech and pharmaceutical company with the most employees, with 99,720. Astra Zeneca PLC had the second-highest number of employees, 89,900.
Ranking of the leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies in Germany in 2024, by number of employees
¹ In the statistic only the companies who published their financial data and share all or some of their figures with the government are listed. The source provides no information as to whether or not the figures refer to the calendar or financial year nor which exchange rates or reference dates were used.
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