As prescription drug prices continue to rise, so does CEO pay. The 25 highest paid CEOs are listed below.
| CEO | Company | Total Pay |
| Ari Bousbib | Iqvia Holdings | $38,029,517 |
| Brenton Saunders | Allergan | $32,827,626 |
| Alex Gorsky | Johnson & Johnson | $29,802,564 |
| Ian Read | Pfizer Inc | $27,913,775 |
| Leonard Schleifer | Regeneron | $26,508,058 |
| Richard Gonzalez | Abbvie | $22,625,243 |
| Marc Casper | Thermo Fisher | $22,275,176 |
| Giovanni Caforio | Bristol Myers Squibb | $18,687,123 |
| Howard Robin | Nektar Therapeutics | $18,097,411 |
| Kenneth Frazier | Merck | $17,643,087 |
| Jeffrey Leiden | Vertex | $17,227,301 |
| Robert Bradway | Amgen | $16,899,789 |
| Herve Hoppenot | Incyte | $16,087,031 |
| Ricks David | Eli Lilly | $15,845,991 |
| John Mulligan | Gilead Sciences | $15,438,459 |
| Michel Vounatsos | Biogen | $13,664,373 |
| Mark Alles | Celgene | $13,115,985 |
| Heather Bresch | Mylan | $12,744,397 |
| Robert Friel | Perkinelmer | $11,365,597 |
| Juan Ramon Alaix | Zoetis | $10,528,769 |
| Michael McMullen | Agilent Technologies | $10,090,661 |
| Francis Desouza | Illumina | $8,807,716 |
| John Hendrickson | Perrigo | $8,322,228 |
| Christopher O’Connell | Waters Corp | $7,599,988 |
| Oliver Filliol | Mettler Toledo | $7,259,085 |
