Notes: Percent is the median percent net profit after taxes as a percent of firm revenues for all firms in the industry. The second ranked industry for each year shown was commercial banks.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation and Sonderegger Research Center, Prescription Drug Trends: A Chartbook Update, November 2001, Exhibit 4.11, at http://www.kff.org/insurance/3161-index.cfm, updated with data from Fortune, Fortune 500 Industry Rankings: April 14, 2003, p. F-26 (2002 data), April 5, 2004, Vol. 149, No. 7, p. F-26 (2003 data), and April 18, 2005, Vol. 151, No. 8, p. F-28 (2004 data).
