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India's Biocon among world's top pharma employers

Last updated on: September 25, 2012 08:58 IST
Let's take a look at the biggest pharma employers in the world.

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

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon Chairman and Managing Director.

Biocon Limited

Rank (2012): 19

Rank (2011): N/A

Global headquarters: Bangalore

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is based in New York.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Rank (2012): 1

Rank (2011): 2

Headquarters: Tarrytown, New York

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals is ranked second.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Rank (2012): 2

Rank (2011): 1

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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A pharmacist arranges drugs inside a pharmacy in Athens.

Genentech

Rank (2012): 3

Rank (2011): 3

Headquarters: San Francisco, California

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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.

Novo Nordisk

Rank (2012): 4

Rank (2011): 9

Headquarters: Bagsvaerd, Denmark

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Corn plant specialist Nick Bosso pollinates a stalk in the greenhouse at the Monsanto Research facility in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Monsanto Company

Rank (2012): 5

Rank (2011): 16

Headquarters: Creve Coeur, Missouri

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Millennium is ranked sixth.

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

Rank (2012): 6

Rank (2011): 5

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Boehringer Ingelheim is based in Germany.

Boehringer Ingelheim

Rank (2012): 7

Rank (2011): 7

Headquarters: Ingelheim, Germany

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Roche's headquarters in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Roche

Rank (2012): 8

Rank (2011): 15

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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The headquarters of Biogen Idec in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Biogen Idec

Rank (2012): 9

Rank (2011): 10

Headquarters: Weston, Massachusetts

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Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware.

DuPont

Rank (2012): 10

Rank (2011): 4

Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware

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Novartis plant in Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis

Rank (2012): 11

Rank (2011): 14

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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Sol Barer, former CEO, Celgene, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Celgene

Rank (2012): 12

Rank (2011): N/A

Headquarters: Summit, New Jersey

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Robert Bradway, CEO of Amgen, in Washington.

Amgen

Rank (2012): 13

Rank (2011): 6

Headquarters: Thousand Oaks, California

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Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva.

Merck

Rank (2012): 14

Rank (2011): 12

Headquarters: Darmstadt, Germany

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A representative of Abbott enters a clinic in Pune.

Abbott

Rank (2012): 15

Rank (2011): 11

Headquarters: Abbott Park, Illinois

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Genzyme headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Genzyme

Rank (2012): 16

Rank (2011): 13

Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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

Syngenta

Rank (2012): 17

Rank (2011): 8

Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland

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John Martin, CEO, Gilead, in Los Angeles.

Gilead Sciences

Rank (2012): 18

Rank (2011): 18

Headquarters: Foster City, California

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals in Berlin.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals

Rank (2012): 20

Rank (2011): 20

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany