India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

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Biocon, India's largest pharmaceutical company, has been recognised by the Science magazine as one of the 'Top 20 Employer' in the bio-pharma sector in 2012.

Bangalore-headquartered Biocon is the only Asian company to be on the list.

Let's take a look at the biggest pharma employers in the world.

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon Chairman and Managing Director.
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Biocon Limited

Rank (2012): 19

Rank (2011): N/A

Global headquarters: Bangalore

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is based in New York.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Rank (2012): 1

Rank (2011): 2

Headquarters: Tarrytown, New York

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Vertex Pharmaceuticals is ranked second.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Rank (2012): 2

Rank (2011): 1

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: A pharmacist arranges drugs inside a pharmacy in Athens.
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Genentech

Rank (2012): 3

Rank (2011): 3

Headquarters: San Francisco, California

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

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Novo Nordisk

Rank (2012): 4

Rank (2011): 9

Headquarters: Bagsvaerd, Denmark

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

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Monsanto Company

Rank (2012): 5

Rank (2011): 16

Headquarters: Creve Coeur, Missouri

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Millennium is ranked sixth.
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Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

Rank (2012): 6

Rank (2011): 5

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Boehringer Ingelheim is based in Germany.
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Boehringer Ingelheim

Rank (2012): 7

Rank (2011): 7

Headquarters: Ingelheim, Germany

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Roche's headquarters in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
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Roche

Rank (2012): 8

Rank (2011): 15

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: The headquarters of Biogen Idec in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Biogen Idec

Rank (2012): 9

Rank (2011): 10

Headquarters: Weston, Massachusetts

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware.
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DuPont

Rank (2012): 10

Rank (2011): 4

Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Novartis plant in Basel, Switzerland.
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Novartis

Rank (2012): 11

Rank (2011): 14

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

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Celgene

Rank (2012): 12

Rank (2011): N/A

Headquarters: Summit, New Jersey

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Robert Bradway, CEO of Amgen, in Washington.
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Amgen

Rank (2012): 13

Rank (2011): 6

Headquarters: Thousand Oaks, California

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva.
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Merck

Rank (2012): 14

Rank (2011): 12

Headquarters: Darmstadt, Germany

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: A representative of Abbott enters a clinic in Pune.
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Abbott

Rank (2012): 15

Rank (2011): 11

Headquarters: Abbott Park, Illinois

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Genzyme headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Genzyme

Rank (2012): 16

Rank (2011): 13

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Image: Logo of Swiss agrochemicals maker Syngenta in front of a cornfield near the company's plant in Stein near Basel, Switzerland.
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Syngenta

Rank (2012): 17

Rank (2011): 8

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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