2016 Q4/Global Life Sciences



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    10 Oct 2016

  • Total URLs tested:

    286,468

  • Total tests run:

    93,725,658

  • Total number of PDF's:

    23,983

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.86%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    90.22%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.08%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    47.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.71%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Beximco Pharmaceuticals (http://www.beximco-pharma.com/) - 355,454 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Merz UK (http://www.merzpharma.co.uk/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Merz UK 0.03 39.05
Yakult UK 0.03 1970.84
Ipsen 0.04 2878.39
Gilead Sciences 0.04 541.18
Ipsen UK 0.04 99.92
Pierre Fabre 0.05 333.84
Astrazeneca 0.06 4757.18
EISAI UK 0.06 201.81
Roche 0.06 2117.82
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe 0.06 1924.84
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s 0.07 823.92
Biotecnol 0.07 149.24
Lavipharm 0.07 275.73
Laboratoires Thea UK​ 0.07 1484.76
Sigma-Tau 0.08 902.62
HG Capital Trust 0.08 2287.29
Genmab 0.08 732.60
Vitrolife 0.08 636.25
Nova Nordisk UK 0.08 1346.00
Galderma 0.08 681.41
Leo Pharma UK 0.09 285.07
Sanofi 0.09 1007.18
Bayer Schering Pharm​a 0.09 1163.28
Fresenius Medical Ca​re 0.09 2018.49
Lundbeck 0.09 1429.69
Genus 0.09 222.35
Stallergenes 0.09 355.71
Servier 0.09 332.67
Biotest 0.09 252.35
Valeant Europe 0.09 1057.48
Stallergenes UK 0.09 326.08
Abbott Uk 0.10 547.93
Esteve 0.10 80.36
Bial Portela 0.10 128.79
Boehringer Ingelheim​ 0.10 2167.46
Bayer UK &​ Ireland 0.10 185.57
UCB 0.10 514.41
Ferring 0.10 39.60
UCB Belgium 0.11 229.20
Almirall Spain 0.11 2464.30
Chiesi 0.11 147.98
Takeda UK 0.11 732.53
Boehringer Ingelheim​ UK 0.12 1134.35
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI 0.12 570.89
Leo Pharma 0.12 891.45
Allergan UK 0.12 137.58
Servier UK 0.13 1679.43
KRKA 0.13 1041.96
Wockhardt 0.13 958.42
Roche UK 0.13 223.68
Actelion 0.13 5149.02
Bavarian Nordic 0.14 1131.85
MediGene 0.14 1012.25
Johnson &​ Johnson 0.14 1048.24
Gedeon Richter 0.14 653.92
SOBI 0.14 2176.86
Aptalis Pharma 0.15 35.69
Menarini UK 0.15 205.64
Gruenenthal 0.15 662.02
Sanofi UK 0.15 312.24
BTG International 0.16 1057.24
Panacea Biotec 0.16 305.45
Mitsubishi Tanabe Ph​arma Europe Ltd 0.16 383.93
Elan 0.16 1624.83
Menarini 0.16 540.11
Pfizer UK 0.16 1135.43
Forest 0.16 33.65
Perrigo 0.17 1528.38
Abbott 0.17 542.58
Allergan 0.17 35.35
Covence 0.17 246.29
Lilly UK 0.18 223.96
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd 0.18 386.64
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als 0.18 231.72
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als 0.18 295.29
Santen Europe 0.18 135.64
Actavis 0.18 248.52
Galenica AG 0.18 2377.63
Stada 0.19 3216.33
Purdue Pharma 0.19 99.09
Laboratoires Thea 0.19 3439.64
Apotex 0.19 265.85
Italfaraco 0.19 404.63
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ 0.20 1348.59
Daiichi-Sankyo UK 0.21 271.92
Orion Pharma 0.21 388.61
Alkaloid 0.21 666.22
United Therapeutics 0.22 156.74
Merz 0.22 1131.40
Regeneron 0.22 567.44
Perrigo UK 0.23 109.72
Idenix Pharmaceutica​ls 0.23 377.11
Seattle Genetics 0.23 79.98
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls 0.23 250.10
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK 0.23 191.24
MorphoSys 0.24 1717.22
Astellas Europe 0.24 29.64
Zambon 0.24 1214.64
Celgene 0.25 239.25
Orchid Pharmaceutica​ls 0.25 292.75
Exelixis 0.26 86.65
Arena Pharmaceutical​s 0.26 68.49
Baxter Healthcare UK​ 0.26 272.56
Toray Industries 0.27 1650.03
Enzo Biochem 0.27 190.07
Strides Arcolab 0.27 550.76
Melior Discovery 0.28 356.56
Piramel Enterprises 0.28 736.48
ALK-Abello 0.28 1359.26
Enzon Pharmaceutical​s 0.28 52.67
SciClone Pharmaceuti​cals 0.28 96.80
Zentiva 0.28 1572.74
Xoma 0.28 68.31
Pfizer 0.28 711.78
Covidien 0.29 100.36
Biocon 0.29 340.13
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc. 0.29 60.39
QLT 0.29 137.41
Medivir Group 0.29 859.19
Acorda Therapeutics 0.29 390.88
ARIAD Pharmaceutical​s 0.30 818.13
Novartis 0.30 4626.65
Cipla 0.31 396.33
CinnaGen 0.33 171.51
Nova Nordisk 0.33 443.87
Patheon 0.33 137.36
Anika Therapeutics 0.33 519.19
Progenics Pharmaceut​icals 0.34 82.47
Baxter International​ 0.34 134.96
Celgene UK 0.34 141.06
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als 0.34 324.30
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als 0.34 53.18
Ferozsons Laboratori​es 0.34 1784.77
Johnson &​ Johnson UK 0.34 219.10
Bionovo 0.35 529.24
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ 0.35 260.63
ImmunoGen 0.35 108.43
Asahi Kasei 0.35 165.64
GlaxoSmithKline 0.36 337.26
Paladin Labs 0.36 608.85
CSL Behring 0.36 366.00
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls 0.37 95.82
The Medicines Co 0.37 169.31
Novartis UK 0.37 6097.33
Lilly 0.38 564.01
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als 0.39 140.39
Zandu 0.39 193.45
Cytogen 0.40 197.24
Akorn 0.40 513.84
Julphar 0.40 660.88
Impax Laboratories 0.41 77.41
Biogen Idec 0.41 438.42
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s 0.41 658.22
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries 0.42 189.00
Nektar Therapeutics 0.42 623.95
Intas Pharmaceutical​s 0.43 331.61
Senju Pharmaceutical​ 0.44 380.32
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td 0.45 120.29
Cerus 0.45 50.59
Hisamitsu 0.46 586.02
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls 0.46 178.71
Mitsubishi Tanabe 0.46 220.85
EISAI 0.46 484.76
Dr Reddy's 0.46 163.11
Teijin Europe 0.47 301.18
Nissan Chemical 0.47 344.04
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls 0.47 228.72
Sun Pharmaceuticals 0.47 396.54
Takeda 0.48 320.34
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l 0.48 127.66
Kaneka 0.48 74.98
Recordati 0.48 1630.70
Maruho 0.48 408.09
Kyowa Hakko Kirin 0.48 126.97
Genzyme UK 0.49 71.94
Yakult Honsha 0.49 119.63
Mochida 0.49 186.44
Nippon Kayaku 0.49 162.64
Biogen Idec UK 0.49 162.82
Kyorin Holdings 0.50 281.06
Debiopharm 0.51 569.27
Nippon Shinyaku 0.51 370.07
Sawai Pharmaceutical​ 0.51 162.21
Seikagaku 0.52 111.16
Towa Pharmaceutical 0.52 196.64
China Pharmaceutical​ Group 0.53 22.05
Advaxis 0.53 262.49
Shire 0.54 450.13
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals 0.54 94.76
AEterna Zentaris 0.54 256.34
Nippon Chemiphar 0.54 320.89
Daiichi-Sankyo 0.55 485.11
Square Pharmaceutica​ls 0.55 372.76
Meiji Holdings 0.55 216.04
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als 0.55 320.95
Dainippon Sumitomo 0.56 202.19
Array BioPharma 0.56 324.77
Kaken Pharmaceutical​ 0.56 263.64
Genzyme 0.57 324.52
PDL BioPharma 0.57 124.57
Chugai - Pharma 0.58 171.17
Neurocrine Bioscienc​es 0.58 232.07
Amgen UK 0.59 161.59
Unilab 0.59 287.29
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als 0.61 204.93
Santen 0.62 173.53
Handok 0.62 59.18
Mylan 0.65 442.89
Ego Pharmaceuticals 0.66 189.92
Aspen Pharmacare 0.66 989.87
Alcon 0.66 868.10
Pharmacosmos 0.67 138.94
Hospira 0.68 259.41
Bosnalijek 0.69 456.20
Kissei 0.73 164.45
Onyx Pharmaceuticals​ 0.74 169.77
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal 0.74 793.01
Amgen 0.75 150.94
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​ 0.79 143.61
Elder Pharmaceutical​s 0.83 237.89
MannKind Corporation​ 0.86 184.61
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe 0.86 1004.34
Myriad Genetics 0.95 215.44
Astellas 0.95 346.77
Getz Pharma 1.00 253.67
Hutchison China Medi​Tech 1.16 386.12
Pharmstandard 1.25 889.18
Sinovac Biotech 1.59 124.75
Faes Farma 1.63 127.26
Organisation A AA
Asahi Kasei100.003.20
Bavarian Nordic100.003.20
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals100.000.98
Kyorin Holdings100.000.80
Abbott Uk100.000.00
Actelion100.000.00
Anika Therapeutics100.000.00
Aptalis Pharma100.000.00
Astrazeneca100.000.00
Baxter International​100.000.00
Cipla100.000.00
Cytogen100.000.00
EISAI100.000.00
Genzyme UK100.000.00
Lilly UK100.000.00
MannKind Corporation​100.000.00
Meda Pharmaceuticals​100.000.00
Merz100.000.00
Mitsubishi Tanabe Ph​arma Europe Ltd100.000.00
Neurocrine Bioscienc​es100.000.00
Orion Pharma100.000.00
Pfizer UK100.000.00
Roche100.000.00
Sanofi UK100.000.00
Servier UK100.000.00
Stallergenes UK100.000.00
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l100.000.00
Takeda UK100.000.00
United Therapeutics100.000.00
Valeant Europe100.000.00
Daiichi-Sankyo UK99.2024.00
Stada99.201.60
Allergan99.200.00
Astellas Europe99.200.00
Debiopharm99.200.00
Forest99.200.00
Galderma99.200.00
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s99.200.00
Hutchison China Medi​Tech99.200.00
MorphoSys99.200.00
Ipsen UK98.990.00
Pharmacosmos98.943.19
Wockhardt98.630.00
Fresenius Medical Ca​re98.400.80
Teijin Europe98.400.80
Towa Pharmaceutical98.400.80
AEterna Zentaris98.400.00
Dainippon Sumitomo98.400.00
Lilly98.400.00
Shire97.601.60
Biotest97.600.00
Piramel Enterprises97.600.00
Apotex96.8065.60
Astellas96.804.00
HG Capital Trust96.802.40
Daiichi-Sankyo96.800.80
Genmab96.800.80
Abbott96.800.00
EISAI UK96.800.00
MediGene96.800.00
Santen96.400.00
Ferozsons Laboratori​es96.300.00
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als96.250.00
UCB Belgium96.050.00
Kyowa Hakko Kirin96.005.60
Kissei96.000.00
Boehringer Ingelheim​ UK95.200.00
KRKA95.200.00
Nektar Therapeutics94.440.00
Bayer Schering Pharm​a94.409.60
Menarini UK93.940.00
Nova Nordisk93.608.00
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als93.600.00
Sun Pharmaceuticals93.600.00
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries93.600.00
PDL BioPharma93.100.00
Ferring92.800.80
Nippon Kayaku92.800.80
Takeda92.800.80
Nissan Chemical92.800.00
Kaken Pharmaceutical​92.0012.00
Gilead Sciences92.000.00
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls91.200.00
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls91.200.00
Senju Pharmaceutical​90.405.60
Galenica AG90.400.00
Italfaraco90.400.00
Enzo Biochem89.600.00
GlaxoSmithKline89.600.00
Toray Industries89.600.00
Novartis UK88.804.80
Bayer UK &​ Ireland88.180.00
CSL Behring88.000.00
Dr Reddy's88.000.00
Handok87.200.00
Genus85.960.00
ARIAD Pharmaceutical​s85.710.00
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s85.600.80
Maruho82.400.00
Covence81.600.00
Exelixis80.720.00
Julphar80.000.80
Faes Farma79.202.40
Cerus78.400.00
Bial Portela76.800.80
Covidien76.800.00
Nova Nordisk UK76.0014.40
Novartis76.000.00
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe72.800.00
Lundbeck71.200.00
Mochida70.405.60
Actavis69.600.00
Alcon68.800.80
Yakult Honsha64.801.60
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​64.000.00
Roche UK63.200.00
Nippon Chemiphar62.400.00
ALK-Abello62.390.00
Boehringer Ingelheim​58.400.00
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd57.600.00
Arena Pharmaceutical​s53.600.00
Unilab51.200.80
Progenics Pharmaceut​icals51.200.00
Kaneka49.600.80
ImmunoGen48.000.00
Acorda Therapeutics46.401.60
Esteve44.800.00
Leo Pharma39.201.60
Strides Arcolab36.360.00
BTG International33.600.00
Akorn32.800.00
Hisamitsu32.004.80
Servier32.000.00
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls31.200.00
Allergan UK28.000.00
Meiji Holdings26.400.00
Johnson &​ Johnson UK25.600.00
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als23.200.00
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc.20.0020.00
Ipsen17.601.60
Sawai Pharmaceutical​16.004.80
Nippon Shinyaku16.003.20
Genzyme15.200.00
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe15.200.00
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls15.200.00
Advaxis13.604.00
Impax Laboratories13.600.00
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als13.600.00
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal12.840.00
Patheon12.000.80
Sinovac Biotech12.000.80
Stallergenes11.830.00
Zentiva11.401.75
Recordati10.405.60
Zandu10.400.00
Intas Pharmaceutical​s9.600.00
Seikagaku8.806.40
Mylan8.800.00
Myriad Genetics8.800.00
Laboratoires Thea8.200.00
SOBI8.002.40
Amgen UK8.001.60
Enzon Pharmaceutical​s8.001.60
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI7.200.80
Menarini7.200.00
Regeneron7.065.88
Amgen6.400.00
Onyx Pharmaceuticals​6.400.00
Pierre Fabre6.400.00
Sigma-Tau5.600.80
Gruenenthal5.600.00
Mitsubishi Tanabe4.800.80
Ego Pharmaceuticals4.800.00
Leo Pharma UK4.550.00
Aspen Pharmacare4.000.00
Pharmstandard4.000.00
Square Pharmaceutica​ls3.200.80
Chugai - Pharma3.200.00
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td3.200.00
Paladin Labs3.081.54
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK2.440.00
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als2.400.00
Bionovo2.400.00
Elan2.400.00
Johnson &​ Johnson2.400.00
Panacea Biotec2.400.00
Perrigo2.400.00
Perrigo UK2.400.00
Vitrolife2.400.00
Xoma2.400.00
Celgene UK2.220.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb​1.600.80
Bosnalijek1.600.00
Celgene1.600.00
Getz Pharma1.600.00
Purdue Pharma1.600.00
The Medicines Co1.600.00
Zambon1.600.00
Elder Pharmaceutical​s1.410.00
China Pharmaceutical​ Group1.370.00
Merz UK0.960.00
Idenix Pharmaceutica​ls0.800.00
Medivir Group0.800.00
Melior Discovery0.800.00
QLT0.800.00
Sanofi0.800.00
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als0.800.00
UCB0.800.00
Yakult UK0.0014.40
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als0.000.00
Alkaloid0.000.00
Almirall Spain0.000.00
Array BioPharma0.000.00
Baxter Healthcare UK​0.000.00
Biocon0.000.00
Biogen Idec0.000.00
Biogen Idec UK0.000.00
Biotecnol0.000.00
Chiesi0.000.00
CinnaGen0.000.00
Gedeon Richter0.000.00
Hospira0.000.00
Laboratoires Thea UK​0.000.00
Lavipharm0.000.00
Orchid Pharmaceutica​ls0.000.00
Pfizer0.000.00
Santen Europe0.000.00
SciClone Pharmaceuti​cals0.000.00
Seattle Genetics0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Chugai - Pharma
  • QLT
  • Taisho Pharmaceutical
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Alkaloid
  • Almirall Spain
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals
  • Array BioPharma
  • Baxter Healthcare UK
  • Biocon
  • Biogen Idec UK
  • Biogen Idec
  • Biotecnol
  • Chiesi
  • CinnaGen
  • Hospira
  • Lavipharm
  • Orchid Pharmaceuticals
  • Pfizer
  • Gedeon Richter
  • Santen Europe
  • SciClone Pharmaceuticals
  • Seattle Genetics
  • Laboratoires Thea UK
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Agennix
  • Dong-A Pharm
  • Simcere Pharmaceutical
  • Alfa Wassermann
  • Alkermes
  • Amico Laboratories
  • Anavex Life Sciences Corp
  • Astrazeneca Uk
  • Aviragen Therapeutics Incorporated
  • Chugai UK
  • Chong Kun Dang
  • Bargn Farmaceutici
  • CSL Behring UK
  • Diabetology
  • Dusa Pharmaceuticals
  • Elorac
  • Emergent BioSolutions
  • Forest UK
  • Galapagos
  • Green Cross
  • Hanmi
  • Hetero
  • Hospira UK
  • Imulan Bio Therapeutics
  • Intermune UK
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals
  • JN-International
  • Maxygen
  • Meda Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Medivation
  • Alphapharm
  • nLife Therapeutics
  • Omrix Biopharmaceuticals
  • One Pharmaceutical
  • Orion Pharma UK
  • Par Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Pharma Nord
  • ProStrakan Group
  • Rubicon Research
  • Salix
  • Shionogi
  • Sinopharm
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd.
  • Targacept
  • Taro Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Telesta Therapeutics
  • Therabel
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Alcon UK
  • Vernalis
  • Vianex
  • Warner Chilcott
  • Wockhardt UK
  • Zydus Cadila
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PDF testing

37.3% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/notfound
File not found
70.95%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
7.30%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
5.53%
url/fetch/errorstatus
Error status code received from web server
5.31%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
2.55%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
1.76%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.73%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.66%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
1.20%
file/html/noframes
A <frameset> tag was found, but no <noframes>
0.59%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
21.30%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
18.22%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
17.23%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
12.22%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
10.09%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
7.41%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
3.81%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
3.39%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.41%
file/html/missingattr
A start tag is missing required attributes
1.21%