CVS Caremark is the largest provider of prescription drugs in the US, with more than one billion prescriptions filed or managed annually.
AstraZeneca is an international pharmaceuticals and biologics company with operations in more than 100 countries.
A leading producer of diabetes care equipment and drugs, Danish firm Novo Nordisk has been in operation since 1923.
GlaxoSmithKline works within the pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines, and consumer healthcare industries.
Novartis is a Swiss pharmaceuticals company created in 1996 from a merger between two other Swiss companies: Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz Laboratories. The history of the two companies stretches back to 1758, giving Novartis an effective history of over 250 years.