2018 Q4/Global Life Sciences



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    11 Oct 2018

  • Total URLs tested:

    293,612

  • Total tests run:

    96,073,458

  • Total number of PDF's:

    24,983

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    3.43%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    89.47%

  • Pages missing a title:

    1.72%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    93.91%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    45.03%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Kaneka (http://www.kaneka.com/) - 52,893 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Wockhardt UK (http://www.wockhardt.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 2.1 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Wockhardt UK 0.04 3848.06
Nova Nordisk UK 0.05 957.13
Abbott Uk 0.05 1283.16
Abbott 0.05 1271.98
Leo Pharma UK 0.05 1103.19
Zambon 0.06 5209.27
Boehringer Ingelheim​ 0.06 3889.11
EISAI UK 0.06 775.00
Bial Portela 0.07 1049.06
Lavipharm 0.07 317.20
Nova Nordisk 0.07 682.14
Genmab 0.07 586.53
Leo Pharma 0.07 7242.53
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe 0.08 2833.25
Astrazeneca 0.08 8192.00
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls 0.09 296.86
Stada 0.09 4406.72
Johnson &​ Johnson 0.09 747.63
Vernalis 0.09 59.02
Medivir Group 0.09 4381.75
Bayer Schering Pharm​a 0.09 2790.29
Genus 0.09 527.67
ALK-Abello 0.09 2573.86
Yakult UK 0.10 1279.51
Roche 0.10 1200.82
BTG International 0.10 917.45
Bayer UK &​ Ireland 0.10 490.35
Bavarian Nordic 0.10 1274.84
Laboratoires Thea UK​ 0.10 2965.52
Actelion 0.10 2676.31
Stallergenes 0.12 2126.44
Ferring 0.12 2486.81
MorphoSys 0.12 4178.90
Pharma Nord 0.14 602.67
Pfizer UK 0.14 1091.76
Chiesi 0.14 655.96
Biotest 0.14 528.68
Vitrolife 0.15 1237.09
Gruenenthal 0.15 1052.70
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ 0.16 1802.79
MediGene 0.16 1119.39
Laboratoires Thea 0.17 2767.23
Gedeon Richter 0.17 717.93
Biotecnol 0.17 185.32
United Therapeutics 0.18 38.02
Alkaloid 0.18 878.33
Fresenius Medical Ca​re 0.18 5907.58
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc. 0.18 565.11
Roche UK 0.18 248.59
Debiopharm 0.18 420.43
Merz 0.20 1134.22
Covidien 0.20 113.75
Daiichi-Sankyo UK 0.20 299.88
Italfaraco 0.20 419.67
GlaxoSmithKline 0.20 1881.88
Purdue Pharma 0.20 107.02
Orchid Pharmaceutica​ls 0.20 499.17
Galenica AG 0.20 5885.33
SOBI 0.21 2499.63
Menarini 0.21 504.23
Esteve 0.21 1226.98
Lilly 0.21 723.91
UCB 0.21 2302.76
Gilead Sciences 0.23 500.43
Apotex 0.23 284.47
Actavis 0.23 427.74
SciClone Pharmaceuti​cals 0.23 128.25
Lundbeck 0.24 1207.84
Shionogi 0.25 3501.93
Astellas Europe 0.25 753.11
Toray Industries 0.25 1848.63
Cytogen 0.25 505.60
Galderma 0.25 1849.64
Enzo Biochem 0.27 103.13
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI 0.27 3716.61
Almirall Spain 0.27 328.32
Acorda Therapeutics 0.28 447.56
Pierre Fabre 0.28 221.15
Strides Arcolab 0.29 1925.81
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ 0.29 1187.07
Asahi Kasei 0.29 1184.85
Novartis 0.30 8192.00
Covence 0.30 287.87
Piramel Enterprises 0.31 902.74
Ipsen 0.32 3854.86
MannKind Corporation​ 0.32 276.96
Perrigo UK 0.32 30.05
Julphar 0.32 1735.67
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls 0.32 530.63
Novartis UK 0.33 8192.00
Santen 0.33 845.34
Johnson &​ Johnson UK 0.33 3287.43
Array BioPharma 0.33 1562.99
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s 0.33 862.38
Hetero 0.34 897.16
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd 0.34 420.19
QLT 0.34 302.47
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als 0.36 431.66
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als 0.36 208.55
Biogen Idec 0.36 887.29
Ipsen UK 0.36 285.34
Zandu 0.37 270.46
Celgene 0.37 63.22
Perrigo 0.37 2218.38
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ UK 0.37 707.03
Elan 0.38 2796.73
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td 0.38 152.82
Anika Therapeutics 0.38 741.91
Melior Discovery 0.39 447.55
Orion Pharma 0.39 520.64
Santen Europe 0.40 168.17
Akorn 0.40 523.36
CSL Behring 0.40 153.60
KRKA 0.40 2125.97
Dr Reddy's 0.41 395.87
Patheon 0.41 607.98
Lilly UK 0.41 341.36
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als 0.41 688.78
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK 0.41 1037.78
Cerus 0.43 55.78
Daiichi-Sankyo 0.43 901.98
Square Pharmaceutica​ls 0.43 1200.79
Mitsubishi Tanabe Ph​arma Europe Ltd 0.44 329.83
Kyowa Hakko Kirin 0.44 259.64
Impax Laboratories 0.45 367.68
Servier 0.45 1020.06
Dainippon Sumitomo 0.46 255.87
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s 0.46 832.66
Recordati 0.46 2688.86
Kaneka 0.46 723.40
Regeneron 0.46 344.50
Hisamitsu 0.47 270.38
Kyorin Holdings 0.47 589.41
Seikagaku 0.48 845.11
Aptalis Pharma 0.48 288.50
Mochida 0.48 145.03
Senju Pharmaceutical​ 0.49 704.41
Chugai - Pharma 0.50 418.25
Shire 0.50 466.39
Nippon Shinyaku 0.50 714.90
Forest 0.51 290.19
Nippon Chemiphar 0.51 122.90
Allergan 0.51 295.39
Amgen UK 0.52 163.96
Takeda 0.52 7264.72
Pharmacosmos 0.52 5325.38
China Pharmaceutical​ Group 0.53 52.63
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp 0.54 454.54
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​ 0.56 524.89
Green Cross 0.57 560.48
Intas Pharmaceutical​s 0.59 1242.77
Amgen 0.60 240.94
Biocon 0.61 1893.78
Aspen Pharmacare 0.62 2615.13
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls 0.62 423.39
Sun Pharmaceuticals 0.63 255.54
Alcon 0.66 1453.80
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals 0.67 146.33
Mylan 0.68 757.54
CinnaGen 0.70 271.91
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als 0.71 157.51
Wockhardt 0.73 376.04
Pfizer 0.74 1857.11
Baxter International​ 0.79 680.27
Takeda UK 0.80 2953.22
Medivation 0.82 1939.05
Nissan Chemical 0.84 637.94
Towa Pharmaceutical 0.85 265.65
Mitsubishi Tanabe 0.88 242.85
Teijin Europe 0.89 267.10
Cipla 0.90 1204.42
Meiji Holdings 0.90 92.40
Allergan UK 0.93 174.00
Kaken Pharmaceutical​ 0.94 175.61
Sawai Pharmaceutical​ 0.94 211.57
Advaxis 0.94 901.43
Maruho 0.94 263.37
Yakult Honsha 0.95 557.39
Sinopharm 0.96 186.80
EISAI 0.96 579.29
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal 0.97 595.02
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l 0.98 831.05
Faes Farma 1.00 431.90
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries 1.04 54.39
Myriad Genetics 1.05 532.24
Nippon Kayaku 1.05 310.80
Ego Pharmaceuticals 1.07 216.49
Hutchison China Medi​Tech 1.07 472.37
Zydus Cadila 1.09 905.12
Astellas 1.20 1659.66
Kissei 1.21 230.96
Pharmstandard 1.25 675.50
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls 1.29 199.83
Bosnalijek 1.70 196.52
Handok 1.73 150.88
Getz Pharma 1.84 709.51
Ferozsons Laboratori​es 1.98 2997.91
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe 2.26 1167.41
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als 3.53 173.23
Organisation A AA
Apotex74.1097.12
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l60.0377.07
Fresenius Medical Ca​re42.0256.43
Dainippon Sumitomo30.5278.97
MorphoSys27.4372.92
Mitsubishi Tanabe27.1699.07
EISAI25.4130.29
Bayer Schering Pharm​a25.3775.75
Kaken Pharmaceutical​25.1988.63
Astellas22.6648.83
Seikagaku21.3788.55
Elan20.5983.17
Perrigo20.5983.17
Meiji Holdings20.4268.70
Covence19.3044.74
Maruho19.2259.93
Leo Pharma19.1171.34
Asahi Kasei18.5357.54
Kyowa Hakko Kirin17.6566.12
Teijin Europe17.0446.67
MediGene17.0047.04
Medivir Group16.4241.79
Novartis15.4542.86
Galderma14.4194.76
Sun Pharmaceuticals14.3570.32
Bavarian Nordic14.0415.20
Toray Industries13.8075.79
Debiopharm13.02100.00
Meda Pharmaceuticals​12.9923.73
Kyorin Holdings12.9287.08
GlaxoSmithKline12.8376.96
SOBI12.6378.23
Takeda12.3984.51
Allergan12.2481.22
Aptalis Pharma12.2481.22
Forest12.1580.57
Towa Pharmaceutical12.0794.18
Nippon Shinyaku12.0359.81
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe11.9393.47
Array BioPharma11.2146.55
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK10.4026.01
Kaneka10.3435.06
Hutchison China Medi​Tech10.1784.18
Senju Pharmaceutical​10.0476.91
Chugai - Pharma9.6593.57
BTG International9.3830.56
Nissan Chemical9.3368.97
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s9.0419.28
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI8.8133.33
Genus8.5420.12
Santen8.3150.86
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​8.0064.57
Vitrolife7.7378.11
Bristol-Myers Squibb​7.6923.08
Cipla7.5188.26
Vernalis7.4184.72
Biocon7.1569.67
Zydus Cadila7.0263.38
Aspen Pharmacare6.9554.81
Roche UK6.9353.47
Galenica AG6.8839.91
Hisamitsu6.4675.00
Recordati6.3639.41
Kissei6.2956.29
Piramel Enterprises6.1973.36
Yakult Honsha5.7737.18
Roche5.7084.97
Astrazeneca5.3460.75
Lavipharm5.309.27
Mochida5.2693.98
Esteve5.1295.35
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls4.8321.38
Laboratoires Thea UK​4.5936.70
Gruenenthal4.4921.15
Mylan4.3744.98
Actelion4.1391.74
Baxter International​4.1232.99
Advaxis4.0721.95
Lilly4.0099.20
Daiichi-Sankyo4.0054.00
Acorda Therapeutics3.9749.67
Boehringer Ingelheim​3.8396.93
Johnson &​ Johnson3.6619.51
Lundbeck3.6422.42
UCB3.5963.47
Daiichi-Sankyo UK3.4751.39
Stada3.4155.12
CSL Behring3.2393.55
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s3.1728.57
ALK-Abello3.0398.48
Intas Pharmaceutical​s3.0337.88
Julphar3.013.61
Lilly UK2.9411.76
Purdue Pharma2.8818.71
Sawai Pharmaceutical​2.7555.49
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als2.6814.09
Nova Nordisk2.6031.77
Italfaraco2.5534.69
Hetero2.5095.00
Stallergenes2.4289.25
Square Pharmaceutica​ls2.3073.36
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp2.262.26
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc.2.2453.81
Nippon Chemiphar2.1938.25
Nova Nordisk UK2.1428.57
Biogen Idec2.0513.01
Biotest2.0413.61
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als1.9173.89
Orchid Pharmaceutica​ls1.8838.75
Mitsubishi Tanabe Ph​arma Europe Ltd1.8719.63
EISAI UK1.8420.86
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als1.7884.93
Strides Arcolab1.7183.72
Amgen UK1.5639.84
Genmab1.545.38
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls1.4886.67
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd1.3412.08
Actavis1.3213.82
Laboratoires Thea1.319.15
Orion Pharma1.2814.70
Wockhardt UK1.2362.96
Abbott1.2092.81
Cytogen1.14100.00
Shionogi1.1253.93
Akorn1.0274.23
Patheon0.9496.23
Regeneron0.9414.15
QLT0.877.83
Gilead Sciences0.8377.92
Green Cross0.8099.20
Dr Reddy's0.8095.21
Abbott Uk0.7297.84
Servier0.7112.14
Ferring0.7111.43
Pierre Fabre0.718.51
Pfizer UK0.7098.59
Amgen0.6712.08
Bayer UK &​ Ireland0.6698.68
Merz0.6218.52
Nippon Kayaku0.58100.00
Ferozsons Laboratori​es0.5411.35
Zambon0.5383.60
Astellas Europe0.4756.54
KRKA0.4364.78
Wockhardt0.4289.92
Alcon0.3759.63
Pfizer0.2682.04
Medivation0.1382.15
Biotecnol0.00100.00
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe0.0099.28
Sinopharm0.0099.21
United Therapeutics0.0099.21
Yakult UK0.0097.71
Ipsen UK0.0097.64
Pharmacosmos0.0096.30
Melior Discovery0.0095.15
Shire0.0094.64
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls0.0093.71
Faes Farma0.0093.60
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal0.0092.37
Menarini0.0091.41
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als0.0091.20
Gedeon Richter0.0090.40
Pharma Nord0.0089.81
Takeda UK0.0086.40
Bial Portela0.0084.00
Santen Europe0.0082.95
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals0.0080.33
Leo Pharma UK0.0077.91
Ipsen0.0072.30
SciClone Pharmaceuti​cals0.0067.00
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls0.0054.40
Perrigo UK0.0053.60
Allergan UK0.0052.44
Novartis UK0.0050.23
Alkaloid0.0043.51
Impax Laboratories0.0042.11
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ UK0.0024.42
Getz Pharma0.0023.17
Pharmstandard0.0015.58
MannKind Corporation​0.0015.20
Bosnalijek0.0014.84
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td0.0011.59
CinnaGen0.008.15
Ego Pharmaceuticals0.008.00
China Pharmaceutical​ Group0.002.25
Enzo Biochem0.002.08
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als0.001.69
Cerus0.001.60
Johnson &​ Johnson UK0.000.80
Handok0.000.79
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries0.000.79
Zandu0.000.79
Almirall Spain0.000.00
Anika Therapeutics0.000.00
Celgene0.000.00
Chiesi0.000.00
Covidien0.000.00
Myriad Genetics0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Bosnalijek
  • EISAI UK
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Almirall Spain
  • Anika Therapeutics
  • Celgene
  • Chiesi
  • Covidien
  • Myriad Genetics
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Agennix
  • Dong-A Pharm
  • Sanofi
  • Simcere Pharmaceutical
  • Enzon Pharmaceuticals
  • Idenix Pharmaceuticals
  • Alfa Wassermann
  • Alkermes
  • Amico Laboratories
  • ARIAD Pharmaceuticals
  • Astrazeneca Uk
  • Aviragen Therapeutics Incorporated
  • Baxter Healthcare UK
  • Bionovo
  • Boehringer Ingelheim UK
  • Celgene UK
  • Chugai UK
  • Chong Kun Dang
  • Bargn Farmaceutici
  • Diabetology
  • Dusa Pharmaceuticals
  • Elder Pharmaceuticals
  • Elorac
  • Emergent BioSolutions
  • Exelixis
  • Forest UK
  • Genzyme UK
  • Genzyme
  • Galapagos
  • Hanmi
  • Hospira UK
  • Hospira
  • Imulan Bio Therapeutics
  • Intermune UK
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals
  • JN-International
  • Menarini UK
  • Alphapharm
  • nLife Therapeutics
  • Nektar Therapeutics
  • Neurocrine Biosciences
  • Omrix Biopharmaceuticals
  • One Pharmaceutical
  • Onyx Pharmaceuticals
  • Orion Pharma UK
  • Paladin Labs
  • ProStrakan Group
  • Rubicon Research
  • Salix
  • Sanofi UK
  • Seattle Genetics
  • Servier UK
  • Sigma-Tau
  • Sinovac Biotech
  • Stallergenes UK
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd.
  • Targacept
  • Taro Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Therabel
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals UK
  • UCB Belgium
  • Alcon UK
  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals
  • Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
  • Vianex
  • Warner Chilcott
  • Xoma
  • Merz UK
  • Arena Pharmaceuticals
  • Bausch Health Companies Inc
  • Biogen Idec UK
  • CSL Behring UK
  • ImmunoGen
  • Maxygen
  • Panacea Biotec
  • Par Pharmaceutical Companies
  • PDL BioPharma
  • Progenics Pharmaceuticals
  • ProMetric Life Sciences
  • The Medicines Co
  • Unilab
  • AEterna Zentaris
  • Zentiva
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PDF testing

40.2% 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
48.37%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
18.05%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
12.25%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
8.95%
url/fetch/errorstatus
Error status code received from web server
5.54%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
2.74%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.05%
file/html/mixedcontent
Attempt to include insecure content on a secure page
0.99%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
0.50%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.39%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
23.62%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
17.84%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
10.88%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
9.48%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
8.22%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
6.30%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
5.79%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
4.39%
url/fetch/moved
A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received
2.87%
file/image/size
Image file size or dimensions do not match
2.17%