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,