2012 Q3/Global Life Sciences



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    26 Jul 2012

  • Total URLs tested:

    185,150

  • Total tests run:

    60,570,120

  • Total number of PDF's:

    15,245

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    3.65%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    88.78%

  • Pages missing a title:

    5.00%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    45.86%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.21%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. (http://www.chugai-pharm.co.jp/) - 115,789 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Newron Suisse SA (http://www.newron.com/)




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)
Newron Suisse SA 0.01 3762.54
AstraZeneca UK 0.02 695.22
Boehringer-Ingelheim​ 0.03 807.53
BioPartners GmbH 0.03 441.41
UCB 0.04 854.84
Actavis Group 0.04 494.16
NovImmune 0.04 504.78
Sanofi-Aventis (Schw​eiz) AG 0.04 228.11
Jenapharm 0.04 1731.18
Actavis 0.05 804.96
Barr 0.05 1120.36
Helvepharm AG 0.06 360.60
Sanofi-Aventis UK 0.06 1112.18
Temmler 0.06 605.15
Pentapharm (DSM Nutr​itional Products AG)​ 0.06 375.67
Ferring Internationa​l Center SA 0.06 297.45
Eisai (company) 0.07 382.71
Aurora Pharma GmbH 0.07 461.66
STADA Arzneimittel 0.07 597.82
Cytos Biotechnology ​AG 0.07 1219.66
Servier Laboratories​ 0.07 753.76
Servier (Suisse) SA 0.07 110.03
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (Worldwide) 0.07 2330.44
Takeda Pharma AG 0.08 897.84
Schwabe Pharma AG 0.08 991.87
Octapharma AG 0.08 2167.88
OMIDA AG 0.08 819.13
UNILAB 0.08 251.59
Astellas Pharma 0.08 5509.92
Sanofi-Aventis 0.08 971.04
Mepha Pharma AG 0.08 501.22
4-Antibody AG 0.09 558.33
Gruenenthal Pharma A​G 0.09 231.20
Astellas Pharma AG 0.09 858.63
Crucell 0.09 4454.28
Cryo-Save AG 0.09 363.34
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ SA 0.09 4399.60
Actelion Ltd. 0.10 5714.28
Medena 0.10 368.33
Streuli Pharma AG 0.10 164.27
Wockhardt 0.10 748.37
APR Applied Pharma R​esearch s.a. 0.10 209.44
GlaxoSmithKline 0.10 430.20
AmVac AG 0.10 497.52
Teva Pharma AG 0.10 604.00
Orion Pharma AG 0.10 858.34
Max Zeller Söhne AG 0.10 511.80
Debiopharm S.A. 0.10 1384.61
AstraZeneca Global 0.10 7078.78
Sanofi-Pasteur MSD A​G 0.11 264.15
Menarini 0.11 223.17
Acino Holding AG 0.11 1145.01
Spirig Pharma AG 0.11 391.69
Eli Lilly Schweiz 0.12 2140.57
Lundbeck (Schweiz) A​G 0.12 513.49
GlaxoSmithKline AG 0.12 183.82
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s 0.12 2007.05
Auris Medical AG 0.12 190.82
Medinova AG 0.13 407.11
Biogen Idec 0.13 675.97
PFC Pharma Focus Swi​tzerland 0.13 79.57
Bial 0.13 1067.97
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (CH) 0.13 731.66
Cilag AG 0.14 753.08
Galapagos NV 0.15 1653.31
Sandoz Pharmaceutica​ls AG 0.15 455.48
Addex Pharmaceutical​s 0.16 1669.70
Covidien 0.16 785.99
Nycomed Pharma AG 0.16 924.00
Kuros Biosurgery AG 0.16 309.87
Novartis Internation​al AG 0.16 383.67
Tillotts Pharma AG 0.16 854.71
Genzyme GmbH 0.16 73.84
Fresenius Medical Ca​re 0.16 1608.47
Pfizer 0.17 341.06
Sobi 0.17 1676.05
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls 0.17 191.37
Salmon Pharma GmbH 0.17 2491.60
Merck Serono Interna​tional SA 0.17 1125.37
Arpida AG 0.17 2239.15
Merck 0.17 67.70
3M Pharmaceuticals 0.18 526.54
Warner Chilcott 0.18 145.70
MEDA Pharma GmbH 0.18 624.64
JN-International Med​ical Corporation 0.18 639.99
Krka 0.18 171.44
Panacea Biotec Ltd 0.18 276.07
Forest Laboratories 0.19 220.10
Merck Sharp &​ Dohme-Chibret AG 0.19 62.19
Permamed AG 0.19 959.84
Siegfried AG 0.19 752.40
Pliva 0.19 724.69
Novartis 0.19 188.50
Mundipharma Medical ​Company 0.19 529.12
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als 0.19 88.86
Bayer Schering Pharm​a AG 0.20 172.31
Bausch &​ Lomb 0.20 236.42
Gulf Pharmaceutical ​Industries (Julphar)​ 0.21 592.76
Novartis Pharma Schw​eiz AG 0.21 439.89
Alkermes 0.21 165.76
Geistlich Pharma AG 0.21 291.06
Covance 0.21 488.87
Dr. Wild &​ Co. AG 0.21 716.39
Genzyme 0.21 246.44
Apotex Inc. 0.22 135.08
PharmaSwiss SA - HQ 0.22 337.43
Shire plc 0.22 427.60
Perrigo 0.22 518.57
Renovo 0.22 1543.95
Allergan UK 0.22 286.10
Abbott Laboratories 0.22 326.63
Hospira 0.22 57.36
Galenica Ltd. 0.22 1722.49
Novo Nordisk Pharma ​AG 0.22 340.21
Almirall 0.22 220.07
Evolva SA 0.22 2213.01
Watson Pharmaceutica​ls 0.22 163.12
Gebro Pharma AG 0.22 451.34
Boehringer Ingelheim​ Schweiz GmbH 0.22 152.86
LEO Pharmaceutical P​roducts Sarath Ltd. 0.23 250.08
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als International 0.23 278.34
Biovail 0.23 281.74
Mylan 0.23 945.05
Merck KGaA 0.23 1229.35
Sepracor 0.24 154.84
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp. 0.24 344.41
Aptalis 0.24 338.17
Baxter International​ 0.24 380.47
Nectar Lifesciences 0.24 151.81
Baxter Switzerland 0.25 218.82
Par Pharmaceutical 0.25 105.42
Bayer Schweiz AG 0.25 315.32
Lupin Laboratories 0.25 219.32
Ferozsons Laboratori​es 0.25 1084.75
Allergan (Worldwide)​ 0.26 888.67
Eli Lilly 0.26 210.08
Allergan AG 0.26 1037.71
Intas Biopharmaceuti​cals 0.27 129.14
Goodwin Biotechnolog​y 0.27 303.87
Vifor (International​) Ltd. 0.28 769.20
Purdue Pharma 0.28 149.52
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ 0.28 84.01
Antares Pharma AG 0.29 1310.54
Virbac Schweiz AG 0.29 1302.31
Eskayef Bangladesh L​imited 0.31 261.92
BioVersys GmbH 0.31 328.46
Genentech 0.31 402.54
Solvay Group 0.31 1486.56
Nitec Pharma AG 0.31 38.83
Ortho-McNeil Pharmac​eutical 0.32 362.26
CSL Limited 0.32 754.70
Solvay Pharma AG 0.32 1443.35
ViroPharma 0.32 457.68
Mitsubishi Pharma 0.32 89.98
Getz Pharma 0.34 91.99
Sun Pharmaceutical 0.34 22.78
CSL Behring AG 0.35 291.05
Gilead Sciences 0.35 238.76
Strides Arcolab 0.35 221.48
Galderma Pharma SA 0.35 438.03
Emergent BioSolution​s 0.37 290.31
Neurotune 0.37 1212.07
GenKyoTex SA 0.38 62.92
Intercytex 0.38 1076.31
Altana Pharma 0.43 5230.95
mondoBIOTECH AG 0.44 1191.74
AstraZeneca AG 0.45 469.30
Bionovo 0.46 258.53
Piramal Healthcare 0.48 286.24
Taiho Pharmaceutical​ 0.50 110.85
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 0.51 75.07
Pharmacosmos 0.52 670.31
elan Corporation 0.52 218.08
Kyowa Hakko 0.54 224.82
Daiichi Sankyo 0.55 99.07
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​l Co. 0.56 85.99
Ranbaxy Laboratories​ 0.56 167.43
Square Pharmaceutica​ls 0.56 247.94
IMULAN BioTherapeuti​cs, LLC 0.56 187.74
Dainippon Sumitomo P​harma 0.57 99.08
Shionogi 0.58 28.25
Basilea Pharmaceutic​a Ltd. 0.59 1373.27
Johnson &​ Johnson 0.59 397.40
Alcon 0.61 240.57
Chugai Pharmaceutica​l Co. 0.62 187.98
Alphapharm 0.63 23.58
Bosnalijek 0.64 491.24
Helsinn Healthcare S​.A. 0.66 301.99
Patheon 0.67 241.87
Torrent Pharmaceutic​als 0.71 191.10
Ego Pharmaceuticals 0.73 67.18
Pfizer (Switzerland)​ 0.78 438.01
Alkaloid 0.95 661.14
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als Ltd 1.05 132.53
Biomed AG 1.16 325.29
Sinopharm Group 1.27 66.12
Organisation A AA
Cilag AG100.0032.80
IMULAN BioTherapeuti​cs, LLC100.0025.00
Barr100.0012.80
Vifor (International​) Ltd.100.005.60
Addex Pharmaceutical​s100.003.33
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories100.002.40
Intercytex100.000.95
Abbott Laboratories100.000.00
Acino Holding AG100.000.00
Actelion Ltd.100.000.00
Astellas Pharma100.000.00
Astellas Pharma AG100.000.00
AstraZeneca UK100.000.00
BioPartners GmbH100.000.00
BioVersys GmbH100.000.00
Boehringer Ingelheim​ Schweiz GmbH100.000.00
Daiichi Sankyo100.000.00
Dainippon Sumitomo P​harma100.000.00
Dr. Wild &​ Co. AG100.000.00
Eli Lilly Schweiz100.000.00
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (CH)100.000.00
Galenica Ltd.100.000.00
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s100.000.00
Kuros Biosurgery AG100.000.00
LEO Pharmaceutical P​roducts Sarath Ltd.100.000.00
Max Zeller Söhne AG100.000.00
Novartis100.000.00
Pharmacosmos100.000.00
Renovo100.000.00
Sanofi-Aventis (Schw​eiz) AG100.000.00
Sanofi-Aventis UK100.000.00
Sanofi-Pasteur MSD A​G100.000.00
Schwabe Pharma AG100.000.00
Siegfried AG100.000.00
Temmler100.000.00
Virbac Schweiz AG100.000.00
GenKyoTex SA99.2055.20
Taiho Pharmaceutical​99.205.60
Nectar Lifesciences99.200.80
Altana Pharma99.200.00
Arpida AG99.200.00
AstraZeneca AG99.200.00
Basilea Pharmaceutic​a Ltd.99.200.00
Evolva SA99.200.00
Nycomed Pharma AG99.200.00
OMIDA AG99.200.00
4-Antibody AG98.890.00
Biovail98.811.19
Valeant Pharmaceutic​als International98.811.19
Wockhardt98.410.00
Fresenius Medical Ca​re98.400.00
Gebro Pharma AG98.400.00
Eisai (company)98.360.00
Newron Suisse SA98.150.00
Piramal Healthcare97.980.00
Medinova AG97.600.00
Otsuka Pharmaceutica​l Co.97.600.00
Actavis96.801.60
MEDA Pharma GmbH96.800.00
Allergan UK96.300.00
F. Hoffmann-La Roche​ AG (Worldwide)96.0045.60
Antares Pharma AG96.000.00
Helvepharm AG96.000.00
Kyowa Hakko96.000.00
Perrigo96.000.00
Neurotune95.520.00
NovImmune95.160.00
Galapagos NV94.521.37
Apotex Inc.94.4083.20
Biogen Idec94.400.00
Crucell94.400.00
Shire plc93.600.80
AstraZeneca Global93.600.00
Boehringer-Ingelheim​93.600.00
Aptalis91.200.00
Menarini91.040.00
Servier Laboratories​90.400.80
Almirall90.400.00
Cytos Biotechnology ​AG90.400.00
Biomed AG88.800.00
CSL Behring AG88.310.00
Debiopharm S.A.88.000.80
GlaxoSmithKline87.201.60
Allergan (Worldwide)​86.400.00
Allergan AG86.400.00
Vertex Pharmaceutica​ls85.920.00
Covance85.600.00
Orion Pharma AG85.600.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb​84.000.00
Shionogi83.204.00
Novartis Internation​al AG82.400.00
Genentech81.602.40
Eli Lilly81.600.00
STADA Arzneimittel80.000.00
Octapharma AG76.800.00
Alcon73.600.00
Ortho-McNeil Pharmac​eutical72.880.00
Beximco Pharmaceutic​als Ltd69.600.00
Gilead Sciences69.600.00
Goodwin Biotechnolog​y65.670.00
Lundbeck (Schweiz) A​G62.404.80
Streuli Pharma AG58.400.00
Sepracor58.210.00
Krka56.000.00
Alphapharm55.380.00
CSL Limited47.200.00
Ego Pharmaceuticals46.400.80
Watson Pharmaceutica​ls46.400.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb​ SA46.270.00
Eskayef Bangladesh L​imited44.000.00
Johnson &​ Johnson43.200.00
Tillotts Pharma AG42.860.00
Genzyme40.000.80
JN-International Med​ical Corporation40.000.00
Par Pharmaceutical39.200.00
Pentapharm (DSM Nutr​itional Products AG)​34.410.00
Gulf Pharmaceutical ​Industries (Julphar)​33.600.00
Ferring Internationa​l Center SA32.000.00
PharmaSwiss SA - HQ32.000.00
ViroPharma28.950.00
Bayer Schweiz AG22.400.00
Strides Arcolab21.920.00
Square Pharmaceutica​ls20.000.00
Warner Chilcott20.000.00
Anavex Life Sciences​ Corp.19.2012.00
Veloxis Pharmaceutic​als19.200.00
Sandoz Pharmaceutica​ls AG18.990.00
Chugai Pharmaceutica​l Co.18.404.00
Bayer Schering Pharm​a AG18.400.80
Merck Serono Interna​tional SA16.0011.20
Covidien14.400.80
Aurora Pharma GmbH12.202.44
Galderma Pharma SA12.001.60
Intas Biopharmaceuti​cals10.400.00
Spirig Pharma AG10.400.00
Baxter Switzerland9.600.00
Merck KGaA8.803.20
Pfizer8.000.80
3M Pharmaceuticals8.000.00
Takeda Pharma AG7.200.00
Geistlich Pharma AG6.400.80
Gruenenthal Pharma A​G5.600.00
Cryo-Save AG4.350.00
Mepha Pharma AG4.000.00
Merck4.000.00
Teva Pharma AG4.000.00
Sobi3.200.00
Emergent BioSolution​s2.860.00
Merck Sharp &​ Dohme-Chibret AG2.610.00
Helsinn Healthcare S​.A.2.500.00
APR Applied Pharma R​esearch s.a.2.400.00
Nitec Pharma AG2.400.00
Sanofi-Aventis2.400.00
Ferozsons Laboratori​es1.820.00
Hospira1.710.00
Auris Medical AG1.680.00
elan Corporation1.640.00
Bial1.600.00
Mundipharma Medical ​Company1.600.00
Novartis Pharma Schw​eiz AG1.600.00
Forest Laboratories1.251.25
Medena1.080.00
Sun Pharmaceutical1.050.00
AmVac AG0.800.00
Bausch &​ Lomb0.800.00
Bionovo0.800.00
PFC Pharma Focus Swi​tzerland0.800.00
Pliva0.800.00
Purdue Pharma0.800.00
Salmon Pharma GmbH0.800.00
Sinopharm Group0.800.00
Solvay Group0.800.00
Solvay Pharma AG0.800.00
Torrent Pharmaceutic​als0.800.00
UCB0.800.00
Jenapharm0.000.80
Actavis Group0.000.00
Alkaloid0.000.00
Alkermes0.000.00
Baxter International​0.000.00
Bosnalijek0.000.00
Genzyme GmbH0.000.00
Getz Pharma0.000.00
GlaxoSmithKline AG0.000.00
Lupin Laboratories0.000.00
Mitsubishi Pharma0.000.00
Mylan0.000.00
Novo Nordisk Pharma ​AG0.000.00
Panacea Biotec Ltd0.000.00
Patheon0.000.00
Permamed AG0.000.00
Pfizer (Switzerland)​0.000.00
Ranbaxy Laboratories​0.000.00
Servier (Suisse) SA0.000.00
UNILAB0.000.00
mondoBIOTECH AG0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • 4-Antibody AG
  • GenKyoTex SA
  • Kuros Biosurgery AG
  • NovImmune
  • Piramal Healthcare
  • Siegfried AG
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Actavis Group
  • Alkaloid
  • Alkermes
  • Baxter International
  • Bosnalijek
  • Genzyme GmbH
  • Getz Pharma
  • GlaxoSmithKline AG
  • Lupin Laboratories
  • Mitsubishi Pharma
  • mondoBIOTECH AG
  • Mylan
  • Novo Nordisk Pharma AG
  • Panacea Biotec Ltd
  • Patheon
  • Permamed AG
  • Pfizer (Switzerland)
  • UNILAB
  • Ranbaxy Laboratories
  • Servier (Suisse) SA
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • 3-V Biosciences GmbH
  • Abbott AG
  • AC Immune SA
  • Alpex Pharma SA
  • AMGEN Switzerland AG
  • Amgen
  • Amico Laboratories
  • Anergis
  • ArisGen SA
  • Avax Technologies
  • Axenoll AG
  • Axentis Pharma AG
  • Biogen Idec International GmbH
  • Biolex
  • Biotecnol
  • Celgene
  • Cephalon
  • Cipla
  • Covagen AG
  • Crucell Switzerland
  • Diabetology Ltd
  • Dybly
  • Elorac, Inc.
  • Ergonex Pharma GmbH
  • ESBATECH AG
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals
  • GeNeuro SA
  • GKL Biotec AG
  • GlycoVaxyn AG
  • Hetero Drugs
  • IBSA
  • Janssen-Cilag
  • Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development
  • Kenta Biotech AG
  • Lipideon Biotechnology AG
  • Lumavita AG
  • Lunamed AG
  • Med Discovery S.A.
  • Medipol SA
  • Melior Discovery
  • A. Menarini AG
  • Merz Pharma (Schweiz) AG
  • Molecular Partners
  • Multipharma
  • Neurim Pharmaceuticals S.A.
  • Neurimmune Therapeutics AG
  • Novelty Pharma Galenical Development and Documentation
  • Nycomed International Management GmbH
  • OM PHARMA
  • Orion Pharma UK
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Pharmakon Ltd.
  • Robapharm AG
  • Redbiotec AG
  • Rubicon Research
  • Sigma Pharmaceuticals
  • Tricom GmbH, Pharma Division
  • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals AG
  • Cadila Healthcare
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PDF testing

27.7% 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
46.20%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
28.27%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
11.41%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
4.89%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
3.66%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.48%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.13%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
1.04%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
0.99%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.30%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
22.38%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
19.50%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
19.37%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
15.14%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
6.66%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.32%
file/html/missingattr
A start tag is missing required attributes
2.65%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
2.30%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.63%
file/image/size
Image file size or dimensions do not match
1.45%