Twenty-three healthcare companies made the Management Top 250, a ranking developed by the Drucker Institute.
The Management Top 250 measures corporate effectiveness by examining performance in five areas: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength. The ranking is based on an analysis of 34 data inputs provided by 14 third-party sources.
The rankings for 2022 were released Dec. 11 and can be found in full from the Wall Street Journal here. Rankings of healthcare companies for 2021 can be found here.
1. Johnson & Johnson
Overall rank: 9
Overall score: 77
Change from 2021: -3.9
2. Pfizer
Overall rank: 13
Overall score: 73.3
Change from 2021: +3
3. Abbott Laboratories
Overall rank: 36
Overall score: 68.7
Change from 2021: -3.1
4. Medtronic
Overall rank: 47
Overall score: 67.2
Change from 2021: -0.3
5. Amgen
Overall rank: 52
Overall score: 66.5
Change from 2021: -2.5
6. Eli Lilly
Overall rank: 56
Overall score: 66.3
Change from 2021: -3
7. Baxter International
Overall rank: 65
Overall score: 65.2
Change from 2021: +5.8
8. Danaher
Overall rank: 70
Overall score: 65
Change from 2021: +4.5
9. Biogen
Overall rank: 73
Overall score: 64.7
Change from 2021: +2.5
10. Abbvie
Overall rank: 80
Overall score: 64.3
Change from 2021: +1.4
11. Thermo Fisher
Overall rank: 80
Overall score: 64.3
Change from 2021: +4.8
12. Edwards Lifesciences
Overall rank: 87
Overall score: 64.1
Change from 2021: -7.5
13. Merck
Overall rank: 88
Overall score: 64
Change from 2021: -11.5
14. Illumina
Overall rank: 91
Overall score: 63.4
Change from 2021: +0.9
15. Bristol-Myers Squibb
Overall rank: 98
Overall score: 62.8
Change from 2021: +1.5
16. Gilead
Overall rank: 113
Overall score: 61.6
Change from 2021: +4.5
17. Becton Dickinson
Overall rank: 116
Overall score: 61.5
Change from 2021: +1.6
18. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
Overall rank: 139
Overall score: 60.3
Change from 2021: +8.2
19. Zoetis
Overall rank: 143
Overall score: 59.9
Change from 2021: +6.7
20. Moderna
Overall rank: 180
Overall score: 58.1
Change from 2021: +4.6
21. ResMed
Overall rank: 212
Overall score: 57
Change from 2021: -0.9
22. Intuitive Surgical
Overall rank: 222
Overall score: 56.7
Change from 2021: -4.3
23. Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Overall rank: 243
Overall score: 55.8
Change from 2021: -4.6