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A brand's positioning is best reflected in the topics it chooses as well as the tone and wording it adopts. The gold standard is to create a distinctive content profile that stands out from the competition - one that establishes defining brand peaks that go beyond standard industry topics.

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Archetypes

Pharma brands most frequently embody the Creator and Sage archetypes, reflecting their focus on health and science. Keep an eye on Bristol Myers Squibb as it leans into Explorer, while Astellas embraces Magician.


Archetype fit per brand (%)

Choose max. 4 brands to compare:

The Regular Brand

AbbVie

Amgen

Astellas

AstraZeneca

Bayer

Biogen

Bristol Myers Squibb

CSL

Gilead

GSK

Guangzhou

Johnson & Johnson

Lilly

Merck & Co

Merck KGaA

Novartis

Novo Nordisk

Pfizer

Roche

Sanofi

Sinopharm

SPH

Takeda

Teva

Archetype fit per brand (%)

Learn more about archetypes, their definitions, and how they can inspire brand strategy.

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Most Dominant Archetypes

Creator, Sage, Caregiver, and Explorer are the top four archetypes. The Regular Guy archetype appears with below-average frequency.


Brands categorized by their top three archetypes.

The Innocent

Bayer • SPH 

The Explorer

Biogen • Bristol Myers Squibb • Johnson & Johnson • Merck & Co • Novartis • Novo Nordisk • Roche • Takeda 

The Sage

AbbVie • Amgen • Astellas • AstraZeneca • CSL • GSK • Guangzhou • Lilly • Merck KGaA • Novartis • Novo Nordisk • Pfizer • Sanofi • Teva 

The Hero

Amgen • Gilead • Guangzhou 

The Outlaw

The Magician

Astellas 

The Regular Guy

AstraZeneca • Bayer • Bristol Myers Squibb • Gilead • Guangzhou • Johnson & Johnson • Lilly • Merck & Co • Merck KGaA • Roche • Sanofi • Sinopharm • SPH • Teva 

The Lover

The Entertainer

The Caregiver

AbbVie • Biogen • Bristol Myers Squibb • CSL • GSK • Novartis • Pfizer • Takeda • Teva 

The Creator

AbbVie • Amgen • Astellas • AstraZeneca • Bayer • Biogen • CSL • Gilead • GSK • Johnson & Johnson • Lilly • Merck & Co • Merck KGaA • Novo Nordisk • Pfizer • Roche • Sanofi • Sinopharm • SPH • Takeda 

The Ruler

Sinopharm 

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Leading buzzwords

With the world's biggest pharma brands strongly focused on pharmaceutical development and innovation, the most common words focus on research and innovation.


Top words from most to least used

8% of the analyzed brands were excluded from the analysis due to the lack of an English website.

_pipeline

_health

_science

_innovation

_sustainability

_access

_patients

_environment

_diversity

_healthcare

_people

_pharma

_trials

_clinical

_ corporate

_growth

_t-cell

_infection

_conduct

_development

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