¹ In the statistic only the companies who published their financial data and share all or some of their figures with the government are listed. The source provides no information as to whether or not the figures refer to the calendar or financial year nor which exchange rates or reference dates were used.
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Number of employees at top biotech and pharmaceutical companies in Germany 2025
In 2025, the pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca PLC was the German biotech and pharmaceutical company with the most employees, with *. Bayer AG had the second-highest number of employees, *.
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