Bristol Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Bristol Myers Squibb
FormerlyBristol-Myers Company (1887–1989)
Company typePublic
IndustryPharmaceuticals
PredecessorsSquibb Corporation (1858–1989)
Founded1887 (1887)
Founders
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Revenue US$48.3 billion (2024)
US$−8.4 billion (2024)
US$−8.9 billion (2024)
Total assets US$92.6 billion (2024)
Total equity US$16.3 billion (2024)
Number of employees
34,100 (2024)
Websitebms.com
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, doing business as Bristol Myers Squibb, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. The company's primary products are apixaban (Eliquis) for people with atrial fibrillation (28% of 2024 revenues); nivolumab (Opdivo), used to treat certain types of cancer (19% of 2024 revenues); lenalidomide (Revlimid), used to treat multiple myeloma, smoldering myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes (12% of 2024 revenues); abatacept (Orencia), used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (8% of 2024 revenues); pomalidomide (Pomalyst/Imnovid), an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of multiple myeloma and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (8% of 2024 revenues); ipilimumab (Yervoy), to treat cancer (5% of 2024 revenues); and luspatercept (Reblozyl) for the treatment of anemia in beta thalassemia and myelodysplastic syndromes (4% of 2024 revenues). In 2024, 71% of the company's revenues came from the United States.

The company is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 and 173rd on the Forbes Global 2000.

BMS's primary research and development (R&D) sites are located in Lawrence, New Jersey (formerly Squibb, near Princeton), Summit, New Jersey, formerly HQ of Celgene, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Redwood City, California; and Seville in Spain, with other sites in Devens and Cambridge, Massachusetts; Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium; Tokyo, Japan; Hyderabad; Bangalore, India and Wirral, United Kingdom. BMS previously had an R&D site in Wallingford, Connecticut (formerly Bristol-Myers).