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These pharmaceutical companies are looking for you!

There are more than 800 pharmaceutical companies in Germany. Here is a selection of companies that offer students and graduates interesting entry opportunities. Specialties such as medicine, pharmacy, natural sciences, engineering and economics, IT and logistics are particularly in demand. Internships, working student positions, mostly trainee programs and of course direct entry are offered.

Abbott

Business areas: including pharmaceuticals, clinical nutrition, laboratory diagnostics, diabetes

Locations in Germany: 6 (headquarters Wiesbaden)

Employees: international – approx. 70,000, national – approx. 2,600

Astellas

Business areas: including transplantation, urology, dermatology and pulmonology

Location Germany: Munich

Employees: international – approx. 17,000, national – approx. 400

Baxter

Business areas: anesthesia, surgery, vaccinations, pain therapy, among others

Locations in Germany: 3 (Headquarters Unterschleißheim)

Employees: international – approx. 50,800, national – approx. 950

Bavarian

Business areas: including pharmaceuticals and medical products, agriculture and polymer materials

Locations Germany: 16 (Leverkusen headquarters)

Employees: international – approx. 113,200, national – approx. 35,000

Boehringer Ingelheim

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals, self-medication, biopharmaceuticals

Locations in Germany: 4 (Headquarters Ingelheim)

Employees: international – approx. 47,400, national – approx. 14,000

GlaxoSmithKline

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals, vaccines, hygiene products

Locations in Germany: 4 (Central Pharma Munich)

Employees: international – approx. 97,300, national – approx. 2,100

Lilly

Business areas: including endocrinology, oncology, psychiatry/neurology, cardiology

Location Germany: Bad Homburg

Employees: international – approx. 38,000, national – approx. 1,000

Merck

Business areas: biopharmaceuticals, self-medication, high-tech chemicals, work tools for the life science industry

Locations Germany: 2 (Central Darmstadt)

Employees: international – approx. 39,000, national – approx. 10,900

MSD

Business areas: including pharmaceuticals, biological therapeutics and animal health products

Location Germany: Haar (near Munich)

Employees: international – approx. 76,000, national – approx. 1,100

Novartis

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals, generics, vaccines, ophthalmology

Locations in Germany: 17 (headquarters in Nuremberg)

Employees: internationally approx. 136,000, nationally – approx. 9,300

Novo Nordisk

Business areas: including diabetes, blood coagulation, hormone replacement therapy

Location Germany: Mainz

Employees: international – approx. 38,000, national – approx. 470

Pfizer

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals, self-medication, animal health

Locations in Germany: 3 (headquarters in Berlin)

Employees: international – approx. 80,000, national – approx. 2,000

Roche

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals (including oncology, virology), instruments and tests for diagnosing diseases

Locations Germany: 5 (Headquarters Grenzach-Wyhlen)

Employees: international – approx. 80,000, national – approx. 14,000

Sanofi

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals (including diabetes, cardiovascular, oncology), vaccines

Locations in Germany: 5 (headquarters Frankfurt am Main)

Employees: international – approx. 110,000, national – approx. 9,000

Stada

Business areas: including generics, branded products

Location Germany: Bad Vilbel

Employees: approx. 9,800

Takeda

Business areas: including human pharmaceuticals (including oncology, metabolic diseases), vaccines

Locations in Germany: 4 (headquarters in Berlin)

Employees: international – approx. 30,000, national – approx. 1,700

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These pharmaceutical companies are looking for you! There are more than 800 pharmaceutical companies in Germany. Here is a selection of companies that offer students and graduates interesting entry opportunities. Specialties such as medicine, pharmacy, natural sciences, engineering and economics, IT and logistics are particularly in demand. Internships, working student positions, mostly trainee programs and of course direct entry are offered. Abbott business areas: including pharmaceuticals,

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