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Healthcare Companies and Patent Count

March 11, 2025

Healthcare companies are always innovating to improve treatments, technology, and patient care. Patents show how much they’re investing in new ideas and staying ahead. This list ranks healthcare companies by their patent counts based on publications from the last 20 years (2004–2024). It’s a quick look at who’s leading the way in medical advancements and shaping the future of healthcare. Check out which companies are shaping the future of healthcare.

S. No.	Company	Patent Count	Headquarter
1	Pfizer	113472	US
2	Medtronic	85999	US
3	Abbott	47926	US
4	AbbVie	47143	US
5	Philips	38998	Netherlands
6	Takeda Pharmaceutical	37944	Japan
7	Amgen	25065	US
8	Stryker Corp	20566	US
9	Hamamatsu Photonics	18284	Japan
10	Gilead Sciences	17232	US
11	Agilent Technologies	15961	US
12	Novozymes	15360	Denmark
13	GlaxoSmithKline	14306	UK
14	Daiichi Sankyo Ltd	13657	Japan
15	Fresenius	12414	Germany
16	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	12016	US
17	UCB	11185	Belgium
18	Bausch Health	10722	Canada
19	Zimmer Biomet	10221	US
20	Thermo Fisher Scientific	9725	US
21	Biogen	9624	US
22	Illumina	9281	US
23	ResMed	9171	US
24	Cardinal Health	8726	US
25	Sysmex	7677	Japan
26	Hologic	7163	US
27	Intuitive Surgical	7015	US
28	Diasorin	6999	Italy
29	Shionogi Ltd	6944	Japan
30	Coloplast	6863	Denmark
31	Dentsply Sirona	6791	US
32	Fisher & Paykel Healthcare	6758	US
33	Incyte	6693	US
34	Perkinelmer	6440	US
35	Viatris	6094	India
36	Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Ltd	5870	Japan
37	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc	5287	US
38	Zoetis	5008	US
39	Dr. Reddy	4592	India
40	Ono Pharmaceutical Ltd	4586	Japan
41	Bio-Rad Laboratories	4504	US
42	Elanco Animal Health Inc	4262	US
43	Beckman Coulter	4259	US
44	Waters	4165	US
45	Vectura Group	4079	UK
46	Getinge	3998	Sweden
47	Eli Lilly	3917	US
48	Kyowa Kirin Ltd	3855	Japan
49	Steris	3838	US
50	Grifols	3834	US
51	Indena	3702	Italy
52	Corbion	3539	Netherlands
53	Cipla	3490	India
54	Ivoclar Vivadent	3428	Europe
55	LabCorp	3230	US
56	Invitrogen	3118	US
57	Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc	3114	US
58	Teleflex	3045	US
59	Seagen Inc	2795	US
60	Align Technology	2755	US
61	Quest Diagnostics	2676	US
62	Organon	2674	US
63	Dexcom	2386	US
64	Sartorius Stedim Biotech	2308	Germany
65	Abiomed	2281	US
66	Sinopharm	2259	China
67	Straumann	2220	Switzerland
68	Quidelortho	2220	US
69	Catalent Inc	2186	US
70	Mannkind	2091	US
71	ZimVie	1997	US
72	Neusoft Medical Systems	1930	China
73	West Pharmaceutical Services	1892	US
74	Nippon Shinyaku Ltd	1870	Japan
75	Swedish Orphan Biovitrum	1852	Sweden
76	COFCO	1803	China
77	Genmab	1776	Denmark
78	Biocon	1721	India
79	Acorda Therapeutics	1670	US
80	Enanta Pharmaceuticals	1607	US
81	Invacare Corp	1602	US
82	Avantor Inc	1591	US
83	Neurocrine Biosciences Inc	1588	US
84	4D Pharma	1569	UK
85	Masimo	1540	US
86	Integra Lifesciences	1539	US
87	Edwards Lifesciences	1532	US
88	BioNTech	1490	China
89	Alto Pharmacy	1460	US
90	Moderna	1450	US
91	Exact Sciences	1434	US
92	Novo Nordisk	1395	US
93	Piramal Enterprises	1391	India
94	Kolmar	1287	South Korea
95	IDEXX Laboratories	1278	US
96	Cerner	1224	US
97	Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding	1154	China
98	Walgreens Boots Alliance	1151	US
99	Eurofins Scientific	1098	France
100	Hospira	1065	US
101	Haemonetics	1038	US
102	United Therapeutics	1017	US
103	Bio-Techne	993	US
104	Vitae Pharmaceuticals	988	US
105	McKesson	954	US
106	MinFound Medical Systems	947	China
107	Recordati	914	US
108	Mirati Therapeutics	896	US
109	Lineage Cell Therapeutics	859	US
110	Repligen	843	US
111	Owens & Minor	824	US
112	Grand Pharma	778	China
113	Omnicell	771	US
114	Senseonics	755	US
115	Randox Laboratories	753	UK
116	Enzo Biochem	750	US
117	10X Genomics	705	US
118	Consort Medical Ltd	676	UK
119	New Balance	667	US
120	Virbac	664	France
121	Intarcia Therapeutics	662	US
122	Aier Eye Hospital	653	China
123	Insulet	619	US
124	Bionomics	617	Australia
125	Iqvia	595	US
126	Boehringer Ingelheim	593	Germany
127	CVS Health	558	US
128	Alltech	551	US
129	Advanced Medical Solutions	534	UK
130	Acucela	534	US
131	Celltrion	530	South Korea
132	Charles River Laboratories International	512	US
133	Zymergen	507	US
134	Arvinas	500	US
135	RegenxBio	492	US
136	Medicaroid	488	Japan
137	Atos Medical	483	US
138	Calithera Biosciences	476	US
139	Biosplice Therapeutics	471	US
140	Guardant Health	460	US
141	Insightec Ltd.	437	Israel
142	Preferred Networks	435	Japan
143	Alfresa Holdings	434	Japan
144	Seaspine Holdings Corp	432	US
145	Aspect Imaging	432	Israel
146	Sami Labs	418	US
147	Chimerix	411	US
148	Seaport Diagnostics	406	US
149	Spark Therapeutics	391	US
150	Life Healthcare Group	387	South Africa
151	Apex Medical	382	Taiwan
152	Echosens	376	China
153	Teladoc Health	373	US
154	Ynsect	371	France
155	Theranos	370	US
156	Generation Bio	364	US
157	EchoNous	362	US
158	Ardelyx	341	US
159	THINK Surgical	330	US
160	Riverfield	326	Japan
161	Axcella Health	324	US
162	Exo Imaging	284	US
163	Asklepios BioPharmaceutical	281	US
164	Bharat Biotech	280	India
165	IntraBio	279	UK
166	Tempus	271	US
167	Heska	267	US
168	Henry Schein	259	US
169	Allscripts	255	US
170	Sotera Health	249	US
171	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings	240	China
172	Curexo	235	South Korea
173	Stemcell Technologies Inc	230	US
174	Altimmune	229	US
175	Axogen	229	US
176	Reflexion Medical	218	US
177	CareDx	217	US
178	Asensus Surgical	215	US
179	Bardy Diagnostics	213	US
180	Humana	212	US
181	Royalty Pharma	211	US
182	Argenx	202	Netherlands
183	Orcam Technologies	195	Israel
184	Fonar Corp	195	US
185	Novartis	191	US
186	Maui Imaging	191	US
187	Microbot Medical	190	Israel
188	Ginkgo Bioworks	188	US
189	Profusa	188	US
190	Prevail Therapeutics	184	US
191	AmerisourceBergen	181	US
192	Théraclion	181	France
193	Apeel Sciences	178	US
194	SeLux Diagnostics	177	US
195	akili interactive	175	US
196	Philips Healthcare	169	US
197	Annexon	165	US
198	Akouos	162	US
199	VisualSonics	160	Canada
200	China Poly Group	155	South Korea
201	P2 Science	149	US
202	Recursion	149	US
203	Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc	147	UK
204	Hyperfine	146	US
205	Hikma	142	UK
206	Sagimet Biosciences	140	US
207	Biocomposites	140	UK
208	Encoded Therapeutics	139	US
209	Kinnate Biopharma	135	US
210	KB Medical	134	Switzerland
211	Cue Health	132	US
212	Ribon Therapeutics	132	US
213	Fortress Biotech	130	US
214	Babylon Holdings	128	UK
215	Orion	122	Finland
216	American Well	120	US
217	Hibercell	115	US
218	MycoTechnology	109	US
219	Scribe Therapeutics	109	US
220	Lexaria Bioscience	108	US
221	Bioretec	108	Finland
222	Aurora Cannabis	107	US
223	Healios	104	Japan
224	Viveve Medical	104	US
225	Vocera Communications	104	US
226	Venus Remedies	103	India
227	Aprogen	102	South Korea
228	Oncocross	102	South Korea
229	Alzheon	101	US
230	Eccrine Systems	101	US
231	ImmunoMet Therapeutics	100	US
232	Bionaut Labs	100	US
233	Nuvo Group	99	US
234	Signostics	99	Australia
235	Castle Creek Biosciences	98	US
236	ImaCor	98	US
237	Vicarious Surgical	96	US
238	Compugroup Medical	92	Germany
239	Healthstream	92	US
240	Voronoi	90	South Korea
241	Seed Health	90	US
242	Ferring	89	Switzerland
243	Endomaster	88	Singapore
244	Medipal Holdings	87	Japan
245	AlzeCure Pharma	87	Sweden
246	Cryo-Cell	87	US
247	Satori Pharmaceuticals	84	US
248	Distalmotion	82	Switzerland
249	Compass Pathways	81	UK
250	Sharecare	81	US
251	Tc Biopharm Holdings	80	UK
252	Lightwave Logic	78	US
253	Activ Surgical	77	US
254	Excision BioTherapeutics	76	US
255	Shape Therapeutics	76	US
256	Pitney Pharmaceuticals	75	Australia
257	1st Biotherapeutics	74	South Korea
258	Virtual Incision	74	US
259	Flaskworks	74	US
260	Amway	73	US
261	Decipher Biosciences	72	Canada
262	Sun Nuclear	72	US
263	PulseNmore	71	Israel
264	Nanthealth	66	US
265	Cothera Bioscience	66	China
266	Newlight Technologies	65	US
267	Clarus Therapeutics	64	US
268	Centene	64	US
269	Agendia	63	Europe
270	Lily Medtech	63	Japan
271	BioLegend	61	US
272	Mitokinin	60	US
273	Elevance Health	59	US
274	Edgewise Therapeutics	59	US
275	Know Labs	55	US
276	Audion Therapeutics	55	Netherlands
277	Atomwise	55	US
278	NovoMedix	54	US
279	Flatiron Health	53	US
280	Brightspring Health Services	52	US
281	ArcScan	51	US
282	Verve Therapeutics	50	US
283	Orna Therapeutics	48	US
284	Figs	47	US
285	AgroSpheres	47	US
286	Fortis	46	Canada
287	NovaMin Technology	46	US
288	Kallyope	43	US
289	Vigil Neurosvience	43	US
290	Health Catalyst	42	US
291	Clearcam	42	US
292	Qidni Labs	42	US
293	Freenome	40	US
294	Hca Healthcare	39	US
295	Boost Biomes	39	US
296	Arzeda	39	US
297	Rite Aid	37	US
298	Systems Oncology	37	US
299	Orca Bio	36	US
300	Ebos Group	36	Australia
301	G Medical Innovations	36	US
302	Viz.ai	36	US
303	Myomo	35	US
304	Creatus Biosciences	35	Canada
305	Lipella Pharmaceuticals	34	US
306	Inflammatix	34	US
307	Columbia Care	33	US
308	Meihua International Medical Technologies	32	China
309	Elicio Therapeutics	31	US
310	Pear Therapeutics	31	US
311	Lucence	30	US
312	Zymtronix	29	US
313	Premier	29	US
314	Insitro Inc	29	US
315	Hillstream Biopharma	28	US
316	Alginor	25	Norway
317	Zai Lab	23	China
318	Pediatrix Medical Group	23	US
319	Tabula Rasa Healthcare	23	US
320	Amai Proteins	23	Israel
321	Universal Health Services	22	US
322	Incannex Healthcare	21	Australia
323	Maze Therapeutics	21	US
324	Scoutcam	20	US
325	Accolade	20	US
326	Radnet	20	US
327	Kriya Therapeutics	20	US
328	Ihh Healthcare	19	Malaysia
329	Embion Technologies	19	Switzerland
330	Embark Veterinary	19	US
331	Exscientia	18	UK
332	Saliogen Therapeutics	18	US
333	Surgica Robotica	18	US
334	Day Zero Diagnostics	18	US
335	Cingulate	17	US
336	Avant Meats	17	China
337	Davita	16	US
338	Sonic Healthcare Ltd	16	Australia
339	Tenon Medical	15	US
340	NuvoAir	15	US
341	IgGenix	15	US
342	Owkin	14	Europe
343	Goodrx	14	US
344	Shalby	14	India
345	True Digital Surgery	14	US
346	OnePointOne	14	US
347	Clarify Health Solutions	13	US
348	Doximity	13	US
349	PaxMedica	12	US
350	Hansoh Pharmaceutical	12	China
351	Tenet Healthcare	12	US
352	Antios Therapeutics	12	US
353	Iodine Software	11	US
354	Loliware	11	US
355	Optimizerx	11	US
356	Genuity Science Inc	11	China
357	Cradle Genomics	11	US
358	The Better Meat	10	US
359	Zur Rose Group	10	Switzerland
360	Synergy	10	US
361	Terveystalo	10	Finland
362	PathOtrak	10	US
363	Us Physical Therapy	9	US
364	Artiva Biotherapeutics	9	US
365	Opentrons Labworks	9	US
366	Wugen	9	US
367	ApolloMed	8	US
368	Cloudphysician	8	India
369	Cerflux	8	US
370	Biomesense	8	US
371	Dyno Therapeutics	8	US
372	Amn Healthcare	7	US
373	B.well Connected Health	7	US
374	Radiology Partners	7	US
375	Olaris	7	US
376	Eikon Therapeutics	6	US
377	Forge Biologics	6	US
378	Phoenix Pharma	5	Germany
379	Third Harmonic Bio	5	US
380	Augmedix	4	US
381	MULTUS Biotechnology	4	UK

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