The 20 employers in the biotechnology industry accordning to respondents in the 2010 survey were announced today by Science magazine. The worldwide survey was conducted in April by Brighton Consulting Group and Cell Associates.

1. Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA (2009 rank 1)
2. Monsanto Company, Creve Coeur, MO, USA (2009 rank 4)
3. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA, USA
4. Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, Cambridge, MA, USA (2009: rank 5)
5. Roche, Basel, Switzerland (2009 rank 17)
6. Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany (2009 rank 2)
7. Syngenta, Basel, Switzerland (2009 rank 20)
8. Genzyme Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA (2009 rank 3)
9. Merck KGaA/Merck Serono/EMD Serono, Darmstadt, Germany (2009 rank 6)
10. Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA (2009 rank 8)

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11. Novartis, Basel, Switzerland (2009 rank 12)
12. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ (2009 rank 10)
13. Abbott, Abbot Park, IL, USA
14. Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA (2009 rank 11)
15. Biogen Idec, Weston, MA, USA (2009 rank 15)
16. Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA (2009 rank 16)
17. Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, USA (2009 rank 9)
18. sanofi-aventis, Paris, France (rank 2009 19)
19. DuPont, Wilmington, DE, USA
20. AstraZeneca PLC, London, UK (2009 rank 14)

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