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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Image: Let's take a look at the biggest pharma employers in the world.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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Biocon Limited
Rank (2012): 19
Rank (2011): N/A
Global headquarters: Bangalore
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Image: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon Chairman and Managing Director.
Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Rank (2012): 1
Rank (2011): 2
Headquarters: Tarrytown, New York
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Image: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is based in New York.
Photographs: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Rank (2012): 2
Rank (2011): 1
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Image: Vertex Pharmaceuticals is ranked second.
Photographs: Babu Babu/Reuters
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Genentech
Rank (2012): 3
Rank (2011): 3
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
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Image: A pharmacist arranges drugs inside a pharmacy in Athens.
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
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Novo Nordisk
Rank (2012): 4
Rank (2011): 9
Headquarters: Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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Image: Danish Crown Prince Frederik, centre, and his wife Crown Princess Mary, right, with Danish Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Bendt Bendtsen, left, open Japan headquarters of Novo Nordisk in Tokyo.
Photographs: Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters
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Monsanto Company
Rank (2012): 5
Rank (2011): 16
Headquarters: Creve Coeur, Missouri
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Image: Corn plant specialist Nick Bosso pollinates a stalk in the greenhouse at the Monsanto Research facility in Chesterfield, Missouri.
Photographs: Peter Newcomb/Reuters
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Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
Rank (2012): 6
Rank (2011): 5
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Image: Millennium is ranked sixth.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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Boehringer Ingelheim
Rank (2012): 7
Rank (2011): 7
Headquarters: Ingelheim, Germany
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Image: Boehringer Ingelheim is based in Germany.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Roche
Rank (2012): 8
Rank (2011): 15
Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
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Image: Roche's headquarters in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
Photographs: Michael Buholzer/Reuters
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Biogen Idec
Rank (2012): 9
Rank (2011): 10
Headquarters: Weston, Massachusetts
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Image: The headquarters of Biogen Idec in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
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DuPont
Rank (2012): 10
Rank (2011): 4
Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware
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Image: Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware.
Photographs: Tim Shaffer/Reuters
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Novartis
Rank (2012): 11
Rank (2011): 14
Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
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Image: Novartis plant in Basel, Switzerland.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Celgene
Rank (2012): 12
Rank (2011): N/A
Headquarters: Summit, New Jersey
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Image: Sol Barer, former CEO, Celgene, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Amgen
Rank (2012): 13
Rank (2011): 6
Headquarters: Thousand Oaks, California
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Image: Robert Bradway, CEO of Amgen, in Washington.
Photographs: Jason Reed/Reuters
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Merck
Rank (2012): 14
Rank (2011): 12
Headquarters: Darmstadt, Germany
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Image: Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva.
Photographs: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
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Abbott
Rank (2012): 15
Rank (2011): 11
Headquarters: Abbott Park, Illinois
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Image: A representative of Abbott enters a clinic in Pune.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Genzyme
Rank (2012): 16
Rank (2011): 13
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Image: Genzyme headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Syngenta
Rank (2012): 17
Rank (2011): 8
Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
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Image: Logo of Swiss agrochemicals maker Syngenta in front of a cornfield near the company's plant in Stein near Basel, Switzerland.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters






















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