Which pharmaceutical companies have the largest patent portfolios?

A strong patent portfolio is at the core of branded pharmaceutical firms.

Accordingly, one way to assess the relative strength of pharmaceutical firms is to compare their patent-counts.

This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the greatest number of active patents.

The drug companies with the most unexpired patents are:

• Abbvie
• Axsome
• Novartis
• Takeda
• Azurity
• Gilead Sciences Inc
• Mayne Pharma
• Astrazeneca
• Salix
• Bausch