With nearly 49 percent, Celgene had one of the highest SG&A-to-revenue rates among top pharmaceutical companies that year. Growth of selling, general, and administrative expenses should not exceed sales growth because it would cut a company's profitability. This statistic shows the selling, general, and administrative expenses to revenue rate of global top pharmaceutical companies in 2018.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) to revenue rate of top 20 pharmaceutical companies in 2018*
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Pharmaceutical Executive. (September 9, 2019). Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) to revenue rate of top 20 pharmaceutical companies in 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/266321/sganda-to-sales-rate-of-top-pharmaceutical-companies/
Pharmaceutical Executive. "Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) to revenue rate of top 20 pharmaceutical companies in 2018*." Chart. September 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266321/sganda-to-sales-rate-of-top-pharmaceutical-companies/
Pharmaceutical Executive. (2019). Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) to revenue rate of top 20 pharmaceutical companies in 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266321/sganda-to-sales-rate-of-top-pharmaceutical-companies/
Pharmaceutical Executive. "Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (Sg&a) to Revenue Rate of Top 20 Pharmaceutical Companies in 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266321/sganda-to-sales-rate-of-top-pharmaceutical-companies/
Pharmaceutical Executive, Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) to revenue rate of top 20 pharmaceutical companies in 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266321/sganda-to-sales-rate-of-top-pharmaceutical-companies/ (last visited January 23, 2020)
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