In contrast to pharmaceutical companies, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, one of the five major for-profit hospital systems that had the largest profit in the third quarter of 2018, reported a profit of $759 million. And Anthem, one of the largest insurers, saw a profit of $960 million in the third quarter.
Here are the 14 pharma companies that posted at least a $1 billion profit:
1. Pfizer ($4.1 billion)
2. Johnson & Johnson ($3.9 billion)
3. AbbVie ($2.75 billion)
4. Sanofi ($2.59 billion)
5. Gilead ($2.1 billion)
6. Merck ($1.95 billion)
7. Bristol Myers-Squibb ($1.9 billion)
8. Amgen ($1.86 billion)
9. GlaxoSmithKline ($1.84 billion)
10. Novartis ($1.62 billion)
11. Biogen ($1.44 billion)
12. Novo Nordisk ($1.38 billion)
13. Eli Lilly ($1.15 billion)
14. Celgene ($1.08 billion)
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