RANKINGS
Key list: leading companies globally by R&D expenditure
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This month, our new medical device industry key list brings you the 15 largest medical companies globally by R&D expenditure as ranked by GlobalData's Medical Intelligence Centre. All numbers as of March 2021.
| Company name | Headquarters location | No. of employees | R&D expenditure |
Medtronic Plc | Ireland | 93,792 | 2,330 |
Johnson & Johnson | US | 132,200 | 2,028 |
3M Co | US | 96,163 | 1,874 |
Koninklijke Philips NV | Netherlands | 81,592 | 1,771 |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd | Switzerland | 101,465 | 1,563 |
Siemens Healthineers AG | Germany | 54,300 | 1,487 |
Abbott Laboratories | US | 107,000 | 1,200 |
Boston Scientific Corp | US | 36,000 | 1,174 |
Danaher Corp | US | 60,000 | 1,126 |
Becton Dickinson and Co | US | 70,093 | 1,062 |
GE Healthcare | US | 56,000 | 1,019 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | US | 75,000 | 1,003 |
Stryker Corp | US | 70,093 | 971 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp | US | 13,900 | 753 |
Fresenius SE & Co KGaA | Germany | 294,134 | 675 |
