Many ridiculous posts have been based upon lies regarding the size &
profitability of the pharmaceutical industry.  Some remoreseless liars
have suggested that the Pharmaceutical industry accounts for 90% of
the sales and/or profits of the entire Fortune 500!

I've cited the top 35 from the newest, 2006 listing and included the
link to the entire list.  Why did I choose the top 35?  Its because
NONE of them are pharmaceutical companies.  # 36, Johnson & Johnson is
the top performer in the pharmacy industry.  Not all of their products
are pharmaceutical, they sell a wide range of vitamin and mineral
supplements.  A link to the top performing Pharmaceutical companies
follows the top 35 listing.  Note that only 9 of them made the fortune
500 at all!

The Blessed Truth:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/index.html

1 Wal-Mart Stores  351,139.0 11,284.0
2 Exxon Mobil  347,254.0 39,500.0
3 General Motors  207,349.0 -1,978.0
4 Chevron  200,567.0 17,138.0
5 ConocoPhillips  172,451.0 15,550.0
6 General Electric  168,307.0 20,829.0
7 Ford Motor  160,126.0 -12,613.0
8 Citigroup  146,777.0 21,538.0
9 Bank of America Corp.  117,017.0 21,133.0
10 American Intl. Group  113,194.0 14,048.0
11 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  99,973.0 14,444.0
12 Berkshire Hathaway  98,539.0 11,015.0
13 Verizon Communications  93,221.0 6,197.0
14 Hewlett-Packard  91,658.0 6,198.0
15 Intl. Business Machines  91,424.0 9,492.0
16 Valero Energy  91,051.0 5,463.0
17 Home Depot  90,837.0 5,761.0
18 McKesson  88,050.0 751.0
19 Cardinal Health  81,895.1 1,000.1
20 Morgan Stanley  76,688.0 7,472.0
21 UnitedHealth Group  71,542.0 4,159.0
22 Merrill Lynch  70,591.0 7,499.0
23 Altria Group  70,324.0 12,022.0
24 Goldman Sachs Group  69,353.0 9,537.0
25 Procter & Gamble  68,222.0 8,684.0
26 Kroger  66,111.2 1,114.9
27 AT&T  63,055.0 7,356.0
28 Boeing  61,530.0 2,215.0
29 AmerisourceBergen  61,203.1 467.7
30 Marathon Oil  60,643.0 5,234.0
31 State Farm Insurance Cos  60,528.0 5,315.5
32 Costco Wholesale  60,151.2 1,103.2
33 Target  59,490.0 2,787.0
34 Dell  57,095.0 2,614.0
35 Wellpoint  56,953.0 3,094.9

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/industries/Pharmaceutical
s/1.html

1 Johnson & Johnson 36 53,324 6 11,053 6
2 Pfizer 39 52,415 2 19,337 139
3 Merck 99 22,636 3 4,434 -4
4 Abbott Laboratories 102 22,476 1 1,717 -49
5 Wyeth 113 20,351 9 4,197 15
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 129 17,914 -11 1,585 -47
7 Eli Lilly 149 15,691 7 2,663 35
8 Amgen 171 14,268 15 2,950 -20
9 Schering-Plough 242 10,594 11 1,143 325
10 Genzyme 620 3,187 17 -17 -104
11 Allergan 644 3,063 32 -127 -132
12 Gilead Sciences 649 3,026 49 -1,190 -246
13 Forest Laboratories 655 2,962 -6 709 -16
14 Hospira 697 2,689 2 238 1
15 Biogen Idec 698 2,683 11 218 35
16 King Pharmaceuticals 862 1,989 12 289 145
17 Watson Pharmaceuticals 865 1,979 20 -445 -422
18 NBTY 893 1,880 8 112 43
19 Cephalon 930 1,764 46 145 N.A.