2019 Q4/Global Life Sciences



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    11 Oct 2019

  • Total URLs tested:

    295,138

  • Total tests run:

    95,961,476

  • Total number of PDF's:

    1,601

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    3.20%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    91.53%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.30%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    97.71%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    57.36%

  • Poorest code quality:

    QLT (https://www.qltinc.com/) - 68,486 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Lilly UK (http://www.lilly.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)
Lilly UK 0.04 241.64
Astrazeneca 0.05 3416.03
Abbott Uk 0.06 824.68
Wockhardt UK 0.06 2027.62
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe 0.06 1633.35
Abbott 0.06 1191.15
ALK-Abello 0.07 1736.96
Genmab 0.07 438.54
Genus 0.07 267.25
Roche 0.07 1975.12
Laboratoires Thea 0.08 2347.39
Zambon 0.08 1371.29
Bayer UK &​ Ireland 0.08 264.65
Nova Nordisk UK 0.08 388.03
Biotecnol 0.09 179.94
Laboratoires Thea UK​ 0.09 1918.90
Stada 0.10 1226.08
Pfizer UK 0.10 714.90
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls 0.11 194.91
Bial Portela 0.11 930.09
Actelion 0.11 867.10
Biotest 0.11 564.38
Almirall Spain 0.11 2099.87
Roche UK 0.12 5103.25
Leo Pharma UK 0.12 2786.52
United Therapeutics 0.13 48.18
Pharma Nord 0.13 1239.83
Stallergenes 0.14 310.79
Medivir Group 0.14 252.96
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ 0.15 3967.44
Gedeon Richter 0.15 302.53
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK 0.15 519.11
UCB 0.15 207.79
Genzyme 0.16 822.53
Novartis UK 0.16 5732.17
Santen Europe 0.16 2590.60
Yakult UK 0.17 843.08
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc. 0.17 420.60
Nova Nordisk 0.17 210.80
SOBI 0.17 1369.37
Chiesi 0.17 1017.12
Novartis 0.18 2907.10
Lundbeck 0.18 480.63
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als 0.18 122.62
Bavarian Nordic 0.19 1133.50
Vitrolife 0.19 464.39
Debiopharm 0.20 227.37
Daiichi-Sankyo UK 0.20 246.77
Asahi Kasei 0.20 748.67
Gilead Sciences 0.20 778.16
Menarini 0.21 453.46
Italfaraco 0.21 396.68
Julphar 0.21 602.79
Covidien 0.23 271.42
Galenica AG 0.23 2722.67
Enzo Biochem 0.23 135.18
Esteve 0.23 1079.28
Fresenius Medical Ca​re 0.23 3398.42
Servier 0.23 659.72
Ferring 0.24 2337.46
Cytogen 0.24 181.10
Galderma 0.24 1238.27
Pierre Fabre 0.25 1379.42
MorphoSys 0.25 1168.90
Apotex 0.25 227.90
Acorda Therapeutics 0.26 409.05
Lilly 0.26 491.96
ARIAD Pharmaceutical​s 0.27 143.53
Pharmstandard 0.27 723.03
Array BioPharma 0.27 472.06
Alcon 0.27 674.42
Toray Industries 0.27 1182.41
Orion Pharma 0.28 73.95
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd 0.28 332.68
Strides Arcolab 0.28 345.27
Cerus 0.29 56.04
Gruenenthal 0.30 573.86
Merz 0.30 692.34
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls 0.30 264.17
Leo Pharma 0.31 981.82
Takeda UK 0.32 1407.82
Vernalis 0.32 814.88
Biogen Idec 0.32 294.83
Hetero 0.33 661.46
Ego Pharmaceuticals 0.33 1153.19
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI 0.33 1679.49
Pharmacosmos 0.34 3498.80
GlaxoSmithKline 0.34 152.88
Covence 0.34 123.29
Dainippon Sumitomo 0.34 408.29
Actavis 0.35 327.61
Forest 0.35 187.42
Santen 0.35 276.87
Allergan 0.36 196.04
Zandu 0.36 223.95
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s 0.37 111.02
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als 0.37 313.01
Johnson &​ Johnson UK 0.37 1706.34
Anika Therapeutics 0.37 632.96
Alkaloid 0.37 579.21
Celgene 0.37 49.01
Elan 0.37 2486.35
KRKA 0.38 827.16
Daiichi-Sankyo 0.38 161.43
Medivation 0.38 204.30
Perrigo 0.39 2338.23
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als 0.39 158.77
QLT 0.39 113.52
Ipsen 0.40 1025.92
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td 0.40 111.46
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als 0.40 303.36
Akorn 0.40 69.03
Ipsen UK 0.40 1084.43
MannKind Corporation​ 0.41 191.66
BTG International 0.42 194.45
MediGene 0.42 371.27
Purdue Pharma 0.43 362.71
Pfizer 0.43 187.01
Chugai - Pharma 0.43 96.17
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ UK 0.44 322.80
Hisamitsu 0.45 700.53
Advaxis 0.45 507.68
ProMetric Life Scien​ces 0.46 577.26
Wockhardt 0.46 661.58
Senju Pharmaceutical​ 0.47 524.24
Nippon Shinyaku 0.47 777.87
Patheon 0.47 172.13
Nippon Chemiphar 0.47 78.04
Mochida 0.48 142.64
Maruho 0.48 177.72
CSL Behring 0.48 153.03
Myriad Genetics 0.48 399.17
Amgen UK 0.48 134.82
Teijin Europe 0.49 243.90
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s 0.50 391.56
Shire 0.51 264.07
Regeneron 0.51 342.35
Chong Kun Dang 0.52 218.13
CinnaGen 0.52 312.95
Hospira 0.53 260.40
China Pharmaceutical​ Group 0.54 59.78
Piramel Enterprises 0.55 474.34
Faes Farma 0.56 404.44
Mylan 0.57 502.50
Square Pharmaceutica​ls 0.57 199.22
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ 0.58 510.65
Amgen 0.58 197.95
Aptalis Pharma 0.59 199.75
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls 0.61 263.09
Sinopharm 0.61 242.25
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals 0.62 124.05
Shionogi 0.64 3284.11
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp 0.65 330.66
Baxter Healthcare UK​ 0.65 227.11
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​ 0.66 212.15
Aspen Pharmacare 0.66 1038.08
Recordati 0.70 1242.42
Seikagaku 0.72 82.30
Takeda 0.72 2811.37
Baxter International​ 0.75 225.42
Sun Pharmaceuticals 0.76 174.64
Towa Pharmaceutical 0.79 187.19
Lavipharm 0.80 56.13
Nissan Chemical 0.82 180.77
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls 0.84 218.32
Kaken Pharmaceutical​ 0.84 133.00
Getz Pharma 0.85 588.96
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal 0.86 94.90
Meiji Holdings 0.86 91.02
Nippon Kayaku 0.87 965.44
Sawai Pharmaceutical​ 0.88 101.23
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l 0.88 213.09
Astellas Europe 0.90 789.30
Mitsubishi Tanabe 0.90 85.17
Yakult Honsha 0.90 412.20
Cipla 0.91 138.76
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe 0.92 2628.33
Biocon 0.92 191.75
EISAI 0.93 154.45
Kyorin Holdings 0.96 333.00
Kyowa Hakko Kirin 0.97 187.29
Paladin Labs 1.00 185.51
Astellas 1.00 895.66
Xoma 1.02 334.50
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries 1.06 56.74
Zydus Cadila 1.09 1236.35
Dr Reddy's 1.09 574.01
Hutchison China Medi​Tech 1.11 809.57
Kissei 1.13 215.35
Melior Discovery 1.22 427.62
Kaneka 1.23 2560.38
Progenics Pharmaceut​icals 1.24 115.07
Ferozsons Laboratori​es 1.29 322.47
Sinovac Biotech 1.35 26.25
Handok 1.39 176.62
Bosnalijek 1.61 70.67
Organisation A AA
Apotex74.0797.04
Kyowa Hakko Kirin31.8599.26
Paladin Labs29.0391.94
Dainippon Sumitomo27.4197.78
Kyorin Holdings20.0094.07
Kaken Pharmaceutical​17.0497.78
Nippon Kayaku13.3396.30
Toray Industries8.8997.78
Santen7.4114.81
Taisho Pharmaceutica​l7.418.15
Nissan Chemical6.6722.96
Fresenius Medical Ca​re6.672.96
Nippon Shinyaku5.9325.93
Bavarian Nordic5.938.15
Covence5.938.15
Stada5.937.41
SOBI5.1985.93
Roche5.1955.56
Kaneka5.1924.44
Astellas5.197.41
Roche UK5.0090.00
MorphoSys4.4495.56
EISAI4.447.41
Lundbeck4.447.41
Actelion4.0548.65
Lilly4.0099.20
ALK-Abello3.7097.78
Vitrolife3.7010.37
Astellas Europe3.707.41
Lilly UK3.518.77
Genus3.289.02
Galderma2.9697.78
Hutchison China Medi​Tech2.9691.11
Cipla2.9690.37
CSL Behring2.9689.63
Sawai Pharmaceutical​2.9623.70
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls2.9617.78
Amgen UK2.968.89
Meiji Holdings2.968.89
Biotest2.967.41
Meda Pharmaceuticals​2.967.41
Novartis2.965.93
Acorda Therapeutics2.658.85
Menarini2.2984.73
Hisamitsu2.22100.00
Purdue Pharma2.2299.26
Yakult Honsha2.2232.59
Baxter Healthcare UK​2.227.41
Baxter International​2.227.41
Mylan2.227.41
Lexicon Pharmaceutic​als2.226.67
Italfaraco2.225.19
Almirall Spain2.223.70
Shionogi1.8597.22
Xoma1.7996.43
Genzyme1.5999.21
Wockhardt UK1.5963.49
Genmab1.545.38
Abbott1.5090.23
Ferring1.506.77
Alexion Pharmaceutic​als1.4897.04
Nova Nordisk1.4825.19
MediGene1.4817.78
Maruho1.489.63
Teijin Europe1.489.63
Hospira1.488.15
Biogen Idec1.486.67
Meda Pharmaceuticals​ UK1.3316.00
Leo Pharma UK1.1095.60
Advaxis0.9473.58
Chong Kun Dang0.9046.85
MannKind Corporation​0.857.63
Handok0.782.34
Lavipharm0.7699.24
Asahi Kasei0.7618.32
Abbott Uk0.7593.28
Biocon0.754.51
Pfizer UK0.74100.00
Zambon0.7499.26
Mochida0.7496.30
GlaxoSmithKline0.7495.56
Alcon0.7494.81
Square Pharmaceutica​ls0.7488.89
Dr Reddy's0.7488.15
Aptalis Pharma0.7486.67
KRKA0.7485.93
Recordati0.7477.78
Towa Pharmaceutical0.7474.07
Astrazeneca0.7465.93
Glenmark Pharmaceuti​cals Europe0.7464.44
BTG International0.7440.00
Nippon Chemiphar0.7428.15
Novartis UK0.7427.41
Aspen Pharmacare0.7422.22
Daiichi-Sankyo0.7420.74
Esteve0.7419.26
QLT0.7419.26
Avanir Pharmaceutica​ls0.7418.52
Senju Pharmaceutical​0.7417.78
Nova Nordisk UK0.7415.56
Jazz Pharmaceuticals​0.7413.33
Takeda0.7410.37
Bayer UK &​ Ireland0.748.15
Gruenenthal0.748.15
Bristol-Myers Squibb​0.747.41
Actavis0.745.93
Teva Pharmaceutical ​Industries Ltd0.745.19
Ferozsons Laboratori​es0.743.70
Santen Europe0.00100.00
Sinopharm0.00100.00
Torrent Pharmacuetic​als0.00100.00
United Therapeutics0.00100.00
Chugai - Pharma0.0099.26
Mitsubishi Tanabe0.0099.26
Debiopharm0.0098.52
Yakult UK0.0098.48
Lupin Pharmaceutical​s0.0098.41
Cytogen0.0097.78
Perrigo0.0097.70
Elan0.0097.67
Piramel Enterprises0.0096.30
Wockhardt0.0096.25
Ligand Pharmaceutica​ls0.0096.00
Medivir Group0.0095.56
Celgene0.0095.24
Hetero0.0095.16
Faes Farma0.0094.40
Pharmacosmos0.0092.42
ProMetric Life Scien​ces0.0092.21
Laboratorios Farmace​uticos ROVI0.0091.11
Biotecnol0.0089.60
ARIAD Pharmaceutical​s0.0089.19
Gedeon Richter0.0086.67
Allergan0.0085.19
Forest0.0085.19
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls0.0085.19
Pharma Nord0.0077.61
Bial Portela0.0076.00
Strides Arcolab0.0075.90
Amgen0.0071.85
Takeda UK0.0071.20
BioMarin Pharmaceuti​cal0.0059.68
Daiichi-Sankyo UK0.0056.10
Array BioPharma0.0037.25
Vernalis0.0026.19
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​ls Europe0.0022.96
Leo Pharma0.0019.81
Sinovac Biotech0.0017.78
Bosnalijek0.0014.17
Incepta Pharmaceutic​als0.0014.07
Kissei0.0011.11
Regeneron0.0011.11
Zydus Cadila0.0010.53
Endo Pharmaceuticals​ Inc.0.009.52
Pharmstandard0.008.89
Akorn0.008.15
Sun Pharmaceuticals0.008.15
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ UK0.007.41
Chiesi0.007.41
Ipsen UK0.007.41
Patheon0.007.41
Pfizer0.007.41
Seikagaku0.007.41
Stallergenes0.007.41
Taro Pharmaceutical ​Industries0.007.41
UCB0.007.41
Getz Pharma0.006.67
Ipsen0.006.67
Melior Discovery0.006.67
Eskayef Bangladesh L​td0.005.93
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s0.005.93
Merz0.005.93
Shire0.005.93
China Pharmaceutical​ Group0.005.26
Gilead Sciences0.005.19
Medivation0.005.19
Alkaloid0.004.44
Orion Pharma0.003.70
Servier0.003.70
Diffusion Pharmaceut​icals0.003.10
Pierre Fabre0.003.08
Zandu0.002.36
Laboratoires Thea UK​0.002.22
Anika Therapeutics0.001.67
Ego Pharmaceuticals0.001.60
CinnaGen0.001.59
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp0.001.48
Julphar0.001.48
Laboratoires Thea0.001.48
Johnson &​ Johnson UK0.000.80
Enzo Biochem0.000.74
Cerus0.000.00
Covidien0.000.00
Galenica AG0.000.00
Myriad Genetics0.000.00
Progenics Pharmaceut​icals0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Bosnalijek
  • China Pharmaceutical Group
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Cerus
  • Covidien
  • Galenica AG
  • Myriad Genetics
  • Progenics Pharmaceuticals
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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
  • Astrazeneca Uk
  • Aviragen Therapeutics Incorporated
  • Beximco Pharmaceuticals
  • Bionovo
  • Boehringer Ingelheim UK
  • Celgene UK
  • Chugai UK
  • Bargn Farmaceutici
  • Diabetology
  • Dusa Pharmaceuticals
  • Elder Pharmaceuticals
  • Elorac
  • Emergent BioSolutions
  • Exelixis
  • Forest UK
  • Genzyme UK
  • Galapagos
  • Green Cross
  • Hanmi
  • Hospira UK
  • Imulan Bio Therapeutics
  • Intermune UK
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals
  • JN-International
  • Menarini UK
  • Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Europe Ltd
  • Alphapharm
  • nLife Therapeutics
  • Nektar Therapeutics
  • Neurocrine Biosciences
  • Omrix Biopharmaceuticals
  • One Pharmaceutical
  • Onyx Pharmaceuticals
  • Orchid Pharmaceuticals
  • Orion Pharma UK
  • ProStrakan Group
  • Rubicon Research
  • Salix
  • Sanofi UK
  • SciClone Pharmaceuticals
  • Seattle Genetics
  • Servier UK
  • Sigma-Tau
  • Stallergenes UK
  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd.
  • Targacept
  • Taro Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Therabel
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals UK
  • Alcon UK
  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals
  • Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
  • Vianex
  • Warner Chilcott
  • Intas Pharmaceuticals
  • Merz UK
  • Allergan UK
  • Arena Pharmaceuticals
  • Bausch Health Companies Inc
  • Bayer Schering Pharma
  • Biogen Idec UK
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • CSL Behring UK
  • EISAI UK
  • ImmunoGen
  • Impax Laboratories
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Maxygen
  • Panacea Biotec
  • Par Pharmaceutical Companies
  • PDL BioPharma
  • Perrigo UK
  • The Medicines Co
  • UCB Belgium
  • Unilab
  • AEterna Zentaris
  • Zentiva
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PDF testing

46.9% 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
37.09%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
34.34%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
8.94%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
8.62%
url/fetch/errorstatus
Error status code received from web server
5.11%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
1.70%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
0.94%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
0.90%
file/html/mixedcontent
Attempt to include insecure content on a secure page
0.75%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
0.48%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
26.06%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
17.16%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
9.44%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
8.60%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
8.39%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
7.79%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
7.77%
url/fetch/moved
A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received
2.92%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
2.50%
file/html/unknownid
Fragment identifier not found
2.07%